A design methodology for temperature variation insensitive low power circuits

Operating an integrated circuit at the prescribed nominal supply voltage is not preferable for reliable circuit operation under temperature fluctuations. A design methodology based on optimizing the supply voltage for temperature variation insensitive circuit performance is presented in this paper. Circuits display temperature variation insensitive delay characteristics when operated at a supply voltage 45% to 53% lower than the nominal supply voltage (VDD =

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: GLVLSI
• Authors: Ranjith Kumar, Volkan Kursun
• Keywords: GLVLSI 2006, Nominal Supply Voltage, Prescribed Nominal Supply, Supply Voltage, VLSI