Power optimization in current mode circuits

Bhat, MS and Jamadagni, HS (2005) Power optimization in current mode circuits. In: 18th International Conference on VLSI Design, 2005, 3-7 January, Kolkata, India, pp. 175-180.

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Abstract

We propose a method to minimize power dissipation in current-mode CMOS analog and multiple-valued logic (MVL) circuits employing a stack of current comparators. First, we present an approximation model for current in a current comparator circuit. Power reduction is achieved through turning off the redundant comparator circuits using a switch-architecture. Simulations are carried-out for current-mode flash ADC designs and literal generating circuits for MVL. We show that the simple switch architecture with minimum area overhead can be used to trade-off power dissipation with delay in these designs.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publisher:	IEEE
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Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Electronic Systems Engineering (Formerly Centre for Electronic Design & Technology)
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2005
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:21
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/4093

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