Low-Power CMOS VLSI Circuit Design - by Kaushik Roy & Sharat Prasad Hardcover

Book Synopsis

A comprehensive look at the rapidly growing field of low-power VLSIdesign

Low-power VLSI circuit design is a dynamic research area driven bythe growing reliance on battery-powered portable computing andwireless communications products. In addition, it has becomecritical to the continued progress of high-performance and reliablemicroelectronic systems. This self-contained volume clearlyintroduces each topic, incorporates dozens of illustrations, andconcludes chapters with summaries and references. VLSI circuit andCAD engineers as well as researchers in universities and industrywill find ample information on tools and techniques for design andoptimization of low-power electronic systems. Topics include:
* Fundamentals of power dissipation in microelectronicdevices
* Estimation of power dissipation due to switching, short circuit, subthreshold leakage, and diode leakage currents
* Design and test of low-voltage CMOS circuits
* Power-conscious logic and high-level synthesis
* Low-power static RAM architecture
* Energy recovery techniques
* Software power estimation and optimization

From the Back Cover

A comprehensive look at the rapidly growing field of low-power VLSI design

Low-power VLSI circuit design is a dynamic research area driven by the growing reliance on battery-powered portable computing and wireless communications products. In addition, it has become critical to the continued progress of high-performance and reliable microelectronic systems. This self-contained volume clearly introduces each topic, incorporates dozens of illustrations, and concludes chapters with summaries and references. VLSI circuit and CAD engineers as well as researchers in universities and industry will find ample information on tools and techniques for design and optimization of low-power electronic systems. Topics include:

• Fundamentals of power dissipation in microelectronic devices
• Estimation of power dissipation due to switching, short circuit, subthreshold leakage, and diode leakage currents
• Design and test of low-voltage CMOS circuits
• Power-conscious logic and high-level synthesis
• Low-power static RAM architecture
• Energy recovery techniques
• Software power estimation and optimization

Review Quotes

"This is a highly recommended book for all academic engineering libraries." (E-Streams, Vol. 4, No. 8, August 2001)

About the Author

KAUSHIK ROY is a professor in the School of Electrical and ComputerEngineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

SHARAT C. PRASAD is a system architecture (hardware) engineer withCisco Systems.