The power consumption of integrated circuits is one of the most problematic considerations affecting the design of high-performance chips and portable devices. The study of power-saving design methodologies now must also include subjects such as systems on chips, embedded software, and the future of microelectronics. Low-Power Electronics Design covers all major aspects of low-power design of ICs in deep submicron technologies and addresses emerging topics related to future design. This volume explores, in individual chapters written by expert authors, the many low-power techniques born during the past decade. It also discusses the many different domains and disciplines that impact power consumption, including processors, complex circuits, software, CAD tools, and energy sources and management. The authors delve into what many specialists predict about the future by presenting techniques that are promising but are not yet reality. They investigate nanotechnologies, optical circuits, ad hoc networks, e-textiles, as well as human powered sources of energy. Low-Power Electronics Design delivers a complete picture of today's methods for reducing power, and also illustrates the advances in chip design that may be commonplace 10 or 15 years from now.

TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVICESHistory of Low-Power Electronics Christian PiguetEvolution of Deep Submicron Bulk and SOI Technologies Marc Belleville and Olivier FaynotLeakage in CMOS Nanometric Technologies Antoni Ferré and Joan FiguerasMicroelectronics, Nanoelectronics, and the Future of Electronics Jing Wang and Mark LundstromAdvanced Research in On-Chip Optical InterconnectsIan O'Connor and Frédéric GaffiotLOW-POWER CIRCUITSModeling for Designing in Deep Sub-Micron TechnologiesDaniel Auvergne, Philippe Maurine, and Nadine AzémardLogic Circuits and Standard Cells Christian PiguetLow-Power Very Fast Dynamic Logic Circuits Jiren YuanLow-Power Arithmetic Operators Arnaud TisserandCircuits Techniques for Dynamic Power ReductionDimitrios SoudrisVHDL for Low Power Amara Amara and Philippe RoyannezClocking Multi-GHz SystemsVojin G. OklobdzijaCircuit Techniques for Leakage ReductionKaushik Roy, Amit Agarwal, and Chris H. KimLow-Power and Low-Voltage Communication for SoCsChrister SvenssonAdiabatic and Clock-Powered Circuits Lars SvenssonWeak Inversion for Ultimate Low-Power LogicEric A. VittozRobustness of Digital Circuits at Lower Voltages Harry VeendrickLOW-POWER PROCESSORS AND MEMORIESTechniques for Power and Process Variation MinimizationLawrence T. Clark and Vivek DeLow-Power DSPs Ingrid VerbauwhedeEnergy-Efficient Reconfigurable ProcessorsRaphaël David, Sébastien Pillement, and Olivier SentieysMacgic, a Low-Power Reconfigurable DSP Flavio Rampogna, Pierre-David Pfister, Claude Arm, Patrick Volet,Jean-Marc Masgonty, and Christian PiguetLow-Power Asynchronous Processors Kamel Slimani, Joao Fragoso, Mohammed Es Sahliene, Laurent Fesquet,and Marc RenaudinLow-Power Baseband Processors for CommunicationsDake Liu and Eric TellStandBy Power Reduction for SRAM MemoriesStefan Cserveny, Jean-Marc Masgonty, and Christian PiguetLow-Power Cache DesignVasily G. Moshnyaga and Koji InoueMemory Organization for Low-Energy Embedded Systems Alberto MaciiLOW-POWER SYSTEMS ON CHIPSPower Performance Trade-Offs in Design of SoCsVictor Zyuban and Philip StrenskiLow-Power SoC with Power-Aware Operating Systems GenerationSungjoo Yoo, Aimen Bouchhima, Wander Cesario, Ahmed A. Jerraya,and Lovic GauthierLow-Power Data Storage and Communication for SoCMiguel Miranda, Erik Brockmeyer, Tycho van Meeuwen, Cedric Ghez,and Francky CatthoorNetworks on Chips: Energy-Efficient Design of SoC InterconnectLuca Benini, Terry Tao Ye, and Giovanni De MicheliHighly Integrated Ultra-Low Power RF Transceivers for Wireless SensorNetworksB.P. Otis, Y.H. Chee, R. Lu, N.M. Pletcher, J.M. Rabaey, and S. GambiniPower-Aware On-Demand Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc NetworksMorteza Maleki and Massoud PedramModeling Computational, Sensing, and Actuation SurfacesPhillip Stanley-Marbell, Diana Marculescu, Radu Marculescu, and Pradeep K. KhoslaEMBEDDED SOFTWARELow-Power Software TechniquesCatherine H. GebotysLow-Power/Energy Compiler OptimizationsUlrich KremerDesign of Low-Power Processor Cores Using a Retargetable Tool Flow Gert Goossens, Dirk Lanneer, and Peter DytrychRecent Advances in Low-Power Design and Functional CoverificationAutomation from the Earliest System-Level Design Stages Thierry J.-F. Omnès, Youcef Bouchebaba, Chidamber Kulkarni, and Fabien CoelhoHigh-Level Power Estimation and Analysis Wolfgang Nebel and Domenik HelmsPower Macro-Models for High-Level Power EstimationEnrico Macii and Massimo PoncinoSynopsys Low-Power Design FlowRenu Mehra and Barry PangrleMagma Low-Power FlowEd Huijbregts, Lars Kruse, and Eric SeelenSequence Design Flow for Power-Sensitive DesignJerry FrenkilBattery Cells, Sources of Energy, and Chip CoolingBattery Lifetime Optimization for Energy-Aware CircuitsDavide Bertozzi and Luca BeniniMiniature Fuel Cells for Portable Applications Didier BlochHuman-Generated Power for Mobile ElectronicsThad StarnerChip Cooling: Why - How Yervant Zorian and Dimitris Gizopoulos