Ultra low power 8-bit microcontroller using Super Cut-Off CMOS (SCCMOS)

As the advances of VLSI technology, low power design has become an important topic in VLSI design. Scaling down supply voltage is an effective way for power reduction because of its quadratic relationship to dynamic power. This project is to design an ultra low power 8-bit microcontroller using su...

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Main Author: Sa Nuth Nai Chuan
Other Authors: Rizalafande Che Ismail (Advisor)
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis 2008
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spelling my.unimap-19322008-10-16T03:51:06Z Ultra low power 8-bit microcontroller using Super Cut-Off CMOS (SCCMOS) Sa Nuth Nai Chuan Rizalafande Che Ismail (Advisor) Super cut-off CMOS Microprocessors Integrated circuits Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Multiple Threshold CMOS (MTCMOS) Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary Semiconductors Digital control systems As the advances of VLSI technology, low power design has become an important topic in VLSI design. Scaling down supply voltage is an effective way for power reduction because of its quadratic relationship to dynamic power. This project is to design an ultra low power 8-bit microcontroller using super cut-off CMOS (SCCMOS) implemented in Mentor Graphics tools. SCCMOS circuits use low threshold voltage with an inserted gate bias generator. An NMOS transistor is inserted at the bottom of the circuit. For analysis purposes, the designs are constructed using MTCMOS and the simulation results have been compared in terms of power consumption, delay, speed, power delay product (PDP) and area (in number of transistor). The total power consumption is almost equal in active mode for both techniques. In standby mode, MTCMOS circuit consumes power 15.6609nWatt less than SCCMOS circuit. MTCMOS circuit produces delay 9.4ns higher than SCCMOS circuit thus SCCMOS circuit lead MTCMOS circuit by 35.88MHz in speed. For PDP, SCCMOS circuit has 17.8% PDP less than MTCMOS circuit. The design using MTCMOS technique uses extra 20% of the transistors compared to the design using SCCMOS. As a result, SCCMOS circuit is better than MTCMOS circuit because SCCMOS circuit has lower PDP. Lower PDP meaning that the power is better translated into speed of operation. 2008-09-03T08:38:06Z 2008-09-03T08:38:06Z 2007-04 Learning Object http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1932 en Universiti Malaysia Perlis School of Microelectronic Engineering
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topic Super cut-off CMOS
Microprocessors
Integrated circuits
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI)
Multiple Threshold CMOS (MTCMOS)
Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary
Semiconductors
Digital control systems
spellingShingle Super cut-off CMOS
Microprocessors
Integrated circuits
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI)
Multiple Threshold CMOS (MTCMOS)
Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary
Semiconductors
Digital control systems
Sa Nuth Nai Chuan
Ultra low power 8-bit microcontroller using Super Cut-Off CMOS (SCCMOS)
description As the advances of VLSI technology, low power design has become an important topic in VLSI design. Scaling down supply voltage is an effective way for power reduction because of its quadratic relationship to dynamic power. This project is to design an ultra low power 8-bit microcontroller using super cut-off CMOS (SCCMOS) implemented in Mentor Graphics tools. SCCMOS circuits use low threshold voltage with an inserted gate bias generator. An NMOS transistor is inserted at the bottom of the circuit. For analysis purposes, the designs are constructed using MTCMOS and the simulation results have been compared in terms of power consumption, delay, speed, power delay product (PDP) and area (in number of transistor). The total power consumption is almost equal in active mode for both techniques. In standby mode, MTCMOS circuit consumes power 15.6609nWatt less than SCCMOS circuit. MTCMOS circuit produces delay 9.4ns higher than SCCMOS circuit thus SCCMOS circuit lead MTCMOS circuit by 35.88MHz in speed. For PDP, SCCMOS circuit has 17.8% PDP less than MTCMOS circuit. The design using MTCMOS technique uses extra 20% of the transistors compared to the design using SCCMOS. As a result, SCCMOS circuit is better than MTCMOS circuit because SCCMOS circuit has lower PDP. Lower PDP meaning that the power is better translated into speed of operation.
author2 Rizalafande Che Ismail (Advisor)
author_facet Rizalafande Che Ismail (Advisor)
Sa Nuth Nai Chuan
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author Sa Nuth Nai Chuan
author_sort Sa Nuth Nai Chuan
title Ultra low power 8-bit microcontroller using Super Cut-Off CMOS (SCCMOS)
title_short Ultra low power 8-bit microcontroller using Super Cut-Off CMOS (SCCMOS)
title_full Ultra low power 8-bit microcontroller using Super Cut-Off CMOS (SCCMOS)
title_fullStr Ultra low power 8-bit microcontroller using Super Cut-Off CMOS (SCCMOS)
title_full_unstemmed Ultra low power 8-bit microcontroller using Super Cut-Off CMOS (SCCMOS)
title_sort ultra low power 8-bit microcontroller using super cut-off cmos (sccmos)
publisher Universiti Malaysia Perlis
publishDate 2008
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/1932
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