A 180-mV subthreshold FFT processor using a minimum energy design methodology
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- 3 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
- Vol. 40 (1), 310-319
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jssc.2004.837945
Abstract
In emerging embedded applications such as wireless sensor networks, the key metric is minimizing energy dissipation rather than processor speed. Minimum energy analysis of CMOS circuits estimates the optimal operating point of clock frequencies, supply voltage, and threshold voltage according to A. Chandrakasan et al. (see ibid., vol.27, no.4, p.473-84, Apr. 1992). The minimum energy analysis shows that the optimal power supply typically occurs in subthreshold (e.g., supply voltages that are below device thresholds). New subthreshold logic and memory design methodologies are developed and demonstrated on a fast Fourier transform (FFT) processor. The FFT processor uses an energy-aware architecture that allows for variable FFT length (128-1024 point), variable bit-precision (8 b and 16 b) and is designed to investigate the estimated minimum energy point. The FFT processor is fabricated using a standard 0.18-/spl mu/m CMOS logic process and operates down to 180 mV. The minimum energy point for the 16-b 1024-point FFT processor occurs at 350-mV supply voltage where it dissipates 155 nJ/FFT at a clock frequency of 10 kHz.Keywords
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