An ultra-low voltage level shifter using revised Wilson current mirror for fast and energy-efficient wide-range voltage conversion from sub-threshold to I/O voltage

J Zhou, C Wang, X Liu, X Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel ultra-low voltage level shifter for fast and energy-efficient wide-
range voltage conversion from sub-threshold to I/O voltage. By addressing the voltage drop …

A 65-nm 25.1-ns 30.7-fJ robust subthreshold level shifter with wide conversion range

W Zhao, AB Alvarez, Y Ha - … on Circuits and Systems II: Express …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Level shifters (LS) are crucial interface circuits for multisupply voltage designs, and it is
challenging to achieve both robust and efficient level conversion from subthreshold to …

Design of 10T SRAM cell with improved read performance and expanded write margin

A Sachdeva, VK Tomar - IET Circuits, Devices & Systems, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The need of genuine processors operation improvement cultivates the necessity for reliable,
low power and fast memories. Several challenges follow this improvement at lower …

Design of a soft error hardened SRAM cell with improved access time for embedded systems

VK Tomar, A Sachdeva - Microprocessors and Microsystems, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent advancements in high-performance processor operation have nurtured the
requirement of low power, reliable, and fast static random-access memory (SRAM). Scaling …

A 40 nm dual-width standard cell library for near/sub-threshold operation

J Zhou, S Jayapal, B Busze, L Huang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Near/sub-threshold operation is promising to achieve energy minimization when high
performance is not required. The device sizing in sub-threshold region is different from super …

Optimizing SRAM bitcell reliability and energy for IoT applications

HN Patel, FB Yahya, BH Calhoun - 2016 17th International …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper compares six different 8T SRAM bitcells targeting different design space
requirements-such as reliability and low power/energy-for Internet of Things (IoT) …

C3MLS: An Ultra-Wide-Range Energy-Efficient Level Shifter With CCLS/CMLS Hybrid Structure

C Huang, H Jiao - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Level shifters (LSs) are essential circuit elements in digital integrated circuits with multiple
power domains. Cross-coupled LS (CCLS) and current mirror LS (CMLS) are the classical …

A 16 ns, 28 fJ wide-range subthreshold level converter using low-voltage current mirror

S Rajendran, A Chakrapani - Circuits, systems, and Signal processing, 2021 - Springer
This paper proposes a high-speed and energy-efficient low-voltage current mirror-based
level converter (LCM LC) which can perform a wide-range conversion of a subthreshold …

Full-swing nanosecond delay hybrid level shifter for time-critical applications

MM Basha, LR Poreddy, V Madhurima, S Gundala… - Electronics, 2024 - mdpi.com
A crucial component of digital integrated circuits with numerous power domains is the level
shifter (LS). The traditional topologies are currently the mirror LS and cross-coupled LS. For …

Optimum pMOS-to-nMOS width ratio for efficient subthreshold CMOS circuits

M Nabavi, F Ramezankhani… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The subthreshold region of operation in digital CMOS circuits provides a suitable low-power
solution for many applications that need tremendously low-energy operation. However, this …