Advanced circuit techniques for high-performance microprocessor and low-power DSPs

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew ◽  
Krishnamurthy ◽  
Anders ◽  
Hsu ◽  
Borkar
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Circuit Techniques

Circuit techniques for CMOS low-power high-performance multipliers

1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 1535-1546 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.S. Abu-Khater ◽  
A. Bellaouar ◽  
M.I. Elmasry
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Circuit Techniques

Efficient FIR Filter Architecture using FPGA

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-98
Author(s):  
Ahmed K. Jameil ◽  
Yassir A. Ahmed ◽  
Saad Albawi
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Finite Impulse Response ◽  
Low Complexity ◽  
Fir Filter ◽  
Fir Filters ◽  
Filter Architecture ◽  
Circuit Techniques ◽  
And Performance

Background: Advance communication systems require new techniques for FIR filters with resource efficiency in terms of high performance and low power consumption. Lowcomplexity architectures are required by FIR filters for implementation in field programmable gate Arrays (FPGA). In addition, FIR filters in multistandard wireless communication systems must have low complexity and be reconfigurable. The coefficient multipliers of FIR filters are complicated. Objective: The implementation and application of high tap FIR filters by a partial product reduce this complexity. Thus, this article proposes a novel digital finite impulse response (FIR) filter architecture with FPGA. Method: The proposed technique FIR filter is based on a new architecture method and implemented using the Quartus II design suite manufactured by Altera. Also, the proposed architecture is coded in Verilog HDL and the code developed from the proposed architecture has been simulated using Modelsim. This efficient FIR filter architecture is based on the shift and add method. Efficient circuit techniques are used to further improve power and performance. In addition, the proposed architecture achieves better hardware requirements as multipliers are reduced. A 10-tap FIR filter is implemented on the proposed architecture. Results: The design’s example demonstrates a 25% reduction in resource usage compared to existing reconfigurable architectures with FPGA synthesis. In addition, the speed of the proposed architecture is 37% faster than the best performance of existing methods. Conclusion: The proposed architecture offers low power and improved speed with the lowcomplexity design that gives the best architecture FIR filter for both reconfigurable and fixed applications.

scholarly journals Modified Keeper Controlled Domino Circuit for Low Power High Performance Wide Fan in OR Gates

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 3121-3126
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Low Power ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Total Power Consumption ◽  
Power Models ◽  
Domino Circuit ◽  
Circuit Techniques ◽  
Capacitive Loading ◽  
Technology Nodes

A novel modified keeper technique has been proposed in this paper for domino logic circuits implemented as wide fan in OR gate. Few circuit parameters as capacitivie loading and delay are major concerns for OR gates in deeper technology nodes. This design focuses on a comparator block with modified dual keeperto maintain the output logic state. Additionally it comprises of a delay loop to limit the contention current. The proposed design reduces the input capacitive loading and total power consumption by the circuit, while keeping the speed of operation same. It was compared with latest domino circuit techniques and the proposed design MKCD has achieved a reduction of 41% in power consumption in 64 bit configuration as compared to conventional domino circuit SFLD. Average noise immunity has also increased by more than twice as compared to SFLD. The simulations were performed using 90nm PTM low power models.

Efficient Instruction and Data Caching for High Performance Embedded Processors

1970 ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
A. Ferrerón Labari ◽  
D. Suárez Gracia ◽  
V. Viñals Yúfera
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Interconnection Networks ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
On Chip

In the last years, embedded systems have evolved so that they offer capabilities we could only find before in high performance systems. Portable devices already have multiprocessors on-chip (such as PowerPC 476FP or ARM Cortex A9 MP), usually multi-threaded, and a powerful multi-level cache memory hierarchy on-chip. As most of these systems are battery-powered, the power consumption becomes a critical issue. Achieving high performance and low power consumption is a high complexity challenge where some proposals have been already made. Suarez et al. proposed a new cache hierarchy on-chip, the LP-NUCA (Low Power NUCA), which is able to reduce the access latency taking advantage of NUCA (Non-Uniform Cache Architectures) properties. The key points are decoupling the functionality, and utilizing three specialized networks on-chip. This structure has been proved to be efficient for data hierarchies, achieving a good performance and reducing the energy consumption. On the other hand, instruction caches have different requirements and characteristics than data caches, contradicting the low-power embedded systems requirements, especially in SMT (simultaneous multi-threading) environments. We want to study the benefits of utilizing small tiled caches for the instruction hierarchy, so we propose a new design, ID-LP-NUCAs. Thus, we need to re-evaluate completely our previous design in terms of structure design, interconnection networks (including topologies, flow control and routing), content management (with special interest in hardware/software content allocation policies), and structure sharing. In CMP environments (chip multiprocessors) with parallel workloads, coherence plays an important role, and must be taken into consideration.

High-Performance and Low-Power Full Color Reflective LCD for New Applications

2019 ◽  
pp. 1411
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Hakoi ◽  
Ming Ni ◽  
Junichi Hashimoto ◽  
Takashi Sato ◽  
Shinji Shimada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Full Color ◽  
New Applications

Performance Analysis of Various Multipliers Using 8T-full Adder with 180nm Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 864-870
Author(s):  
Sai Venkatramana Prasada G.S ◽  
G. Seshikala ◽  
S. Niranjana
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Power Dissipation ◽  
High Speed ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Full Adder ◽  
Fundamental Operation ◽  
Wallace Tree ◽  
Power Delay Product ◽  
The Comparative Study ◽  
Wallace Tree Multiplier

Background: This paper presents the comparative study of power dissipation, delay and power delay product (PDP) of different full adders and multiplier designs. Methods: Full adder is the fundamental operation for any processors, DSP architectures and VLSI systems. Here ten different full adder structures were analyzed for their best performance using a Mentor Graphics tool with 180nm technology. Results: From the analysis result high performance full adder is extracted for further higher level designs. 8T full adder exhibits high speed, low power delay and low power delay product and hence it is considered to construct four different multiplier designs, such as Array multiplier, Baugh Wooley multiplier, Braun multiplier and Wallace Tree multiplier. These different structures of multipliers were designed using 8T full adder and simulated using Mentor Graphics tool in a constant W/L aspect ratio. Conclusion: From the analysis, it is concluded that Wallace Tree multiplier is the high speed multiplier but dissipates comparatively high power. Baugh Wooley multiplier dissipates less power but exhibits more time delay and low PDP.

scholarly journals Optimization of a Low-Power Chemoresistive Gas Sensor: Predictive Thermal Modelling and Mechanical Failure Analysis

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Gaiardo ◽  
David Novel ◽  
Elia Scattolo ◽  
Michele Crivellari ◽  
Antonino Picciotto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Failure Analysis ◽  
Gas Sensors ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Gas Sensing ◽  
Mechanical Failure ◽  
Sensing Applications ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Sensing Material ◽  
Silicon Bulk

The substrate plays a key role in chemoresistive gas sensors. It acts as mechanical support for the sensing material, hosts the heating element and, also, aids the sensing material in signal transduction. In recent years, a significant improvement in the substrate production process has been achieved, thanks to the advances in micro- and nanofabrication for micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) technologies. In addition, the use of innovative materials and smaller low-power consumption silicon microheaters led to the development of high-performance gas sensors. Various heater layouts were investigated to optimize the temperature distribution on the membrane, and a suspended membrane configuration was exploited to avoid heat loss by conduction through the silicon bulk. However, there is a lack of comprehensive studies focused on predictive models for the optimization of the thermal and mechanical properties of a microheater. In this work, three microheater layouts in three membrane sizes were developed using the microfabrication process. The performance of these devices was evaluated to predict their thermal and mechanical behaviors by using both experimental and theoretical approaches. Finally, a statistical method was employed to cross-correlate the thermal predictive model and the mechanical failure analysis, aiming at microheater design optimization for gas-sensing applications.

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