Low Power - VLSI

The book contains: Concept of Introduction Historical background why low power sources of power dissipations low-power design methodologies. MOS Transistors: introduction the structure of MOS Transistor the Fluid model Modes of operation of MOS Transistor Electrical characteristics of MOS Transistors MOS Transistors as a switch. MOS Inverters: introduction inverter and its characteristics configurations inverter ratio in different situations switching characteristics delay parameters driving parameters driving large capacitive loads. MOS Combinational Circuits: introduction Pass-Transistor logic Gate logic MOS Dynamic Circuits. Sources of Power Dissipation: introduction short-circuit power dissipation switching power dissipation glitching power dissipation leakage power dissipation. Supply voltage scaling for low power: introduction device features size scaling architecture-level approaches voltage scaling multilevel voltage scaling challenges dynamic voltage and frequency scaling.