An MTCMOS design methodology and its application to mobile computing

HS Won, KS Kim, KO Jeong, KT Park, KM Choi… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - dl.acm.org
The Multi-Threshold CMOS (MTCMOS) technology provides a solution to the high
performance and low power design requirements of modern designs. While the low Vth …

A 0.5 V SIMOX-MTCMOS circuit with 200 ps logic gate

T Douseki, S Shigematsu, Y Tanabe… - … Solid-State Circuits …, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-threshold CMOS (MTCMOS) circuit technology combining low-Vth CMOS logic gates
and high-Vth MOSFETs is suitable for 1 V LSIs for battery-operated portable equipment …

Low threshold CMOS circuits with low standby current

MR Stan - Proceedings of the 1998 international symposium on …, 1998 - dl.acm.org
Multi-Voltage CMOS (MVCMOS) is a design methodology for very low power supply
voltages that uses low-threshold transistors in series with the supply rails. The control …

Transistor sizing issues and tool for multi-threshold CMOS technology

J Kao, A Chandrakasan, D Antoniadis - Proceedings of the 34th annual …, 1997 - dl.acm.org
Multi-threshold CMOS is an increasingly popular circuitapproach that enables high
performance and low power operation. However, no methodologies have been developed …

Automated selective multi-threshold design for ultra-low standby applications

K Usami, N Kawabe, M Koizumi, K Seta… - Proceedings of the 2002 …, 2002 - dl.acm.org
This paper describes an automated design technique to selectively use multi-threshold
CMOS (MTCMOS) in a cell-by-cell fashion. MT cells consisting of low-Vth transistors and …

An auto-backgate-controlled MT-CMOS circuit

H Makino, Y Tsujihashi, K Nii… - 1998 Symposium on …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As various portable systems get popular, the reduction of the power dissipation in LSIs is
becoming more essential. The scaling down of both the supply voltage and threshold …

Gate sizing and replication to minimize the effects of virtual ground parasitic resistances in MTCMOS designs

C Hwang, C Kang, M Pedram - 7th International Symposium on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Multi-Threshold CMOS (MTCMOS) technique can significantly reduce sub-threshold
leakage currents during the circuit sleep (standby) mode by adding high-V/sub th/power …

A low power data holding circuit with an intermittent power supply scheme for sub-1V MT-CMOS LSIs

H Akamatsu, T Iwata, H Yamamoto… - 1996 Symposium on …, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The data holding circuits which use an Intermittent Power Supply (IPS) scheme are
proposed for sub-1V Multiple Threshold (MT) CMOS technology. This scheme can use low …

Charge recycling between virtual power and ground lines for low energy MTCMOS

Z Liu, V Kursun - … on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED'07), 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-threshold voltage CMOS (MTCMOS) has emerged as an increasingly popular
technique for reducing the leakage energy consumption of idle circuits. The MTCMOS …

Ultra-low power flip-flops for MTCMOS circuits

D Levacq, V Dessard, D Flandre - 2005 IEEE International …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper deals with new MTCMOS flip-flop architectures with high speed performance in
active mode and ultra-low power dissipation in sleep mode. The use of new ultra-low …