VLFF — A very low-power flip-flop with only two clock transistors

IF 2.2 3区工程技术 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, HARDWARE & ARCHITECTURE

Integration-The Vlsi Journal Pub Date : 2024-10-19 DOI:10.1016/j.vlsi.2024.102300

Yugal Kishore Maheshwari, Manoj Sachdev

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Abstract

Flip-flops (FFs) are an essential component of digital circuits, yet they use a lot of power and energy. This paper introduces the VLFF, an extremely low-power flip-flop that operates with just two single-phase clock transistors. The extracted simulation results show that VLFF is the most power-efficient FF amongst all examined FFs for the data activity (DA) range of 0% to 45%. Test-chip measurement results for the test-chip designed in TSMC CMOS 65 nm gp PDK demonstrate that at VDD = 1 V, power consumption is reduced by 63% and 16% with 12.5% DA, and 52% and 6% with 25% DA in comparison to TGFF and 18TSPC, respectively.

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VLFF - 仅有两个时钟晶体管的超低功耗触发器

触发器（FF）是数字电路的重要组成部分，但其功耗和能耗却很高。本文介绍了 VLFF，一种仅使用两个单相时钟晶体管运行的超低功耗触发器。提取的仿真结果表明，在 0% 至 45% 的数据活动（DA）范围内，VLFF 是所有受检 FF 中最省电的 FF。采用 TSMC CMOS 65 nm gp PDK 设计的测试芯片测量结果表明，在 VDD = 1 V 时，与 TGFF 和 18TSPC 相比，12.5% DA 的功耗分别降低了 63% 和 16%，25% DA 的功耗分别降低了 52% 和 6%。

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来源期刊

Integration-The Vlsi Journal 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

3.80

自引率

5.30%

发文量

107

审稿时长

6 months

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