Low Power VLSI Design : Fundamentals.

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1 Introduction to Low Power Issues in VLSI ; 1.1 Introduction to VLSI ; 1.2 Low Power IC Design beyond Sub-20 nm Technology ; 1.3 Issues Related to Silicon Manufacturability and Variation ; 1.4 Issues Related to Design Productivity ; 1.5 Limitation Faced by CMOS.

1.6 International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors 1.7 Different Groups of MOSFETs ; 1.8 Three MOS Types ; 1.9 Low Leakage MOSFET ; 1.10 Importance of Subthreshold Slope ; 1.11 Why Is Subthreshold Current Exponential in Nature? ; 1.12 Subthreshold Leakage and Voltage Limits.

1.13 Importance of Subthreshold Slope in Low Power Operation 1.14 Ultralow Voltage Operation ; 1.15 Low Power Analog Circuit Design ; 1.16 Fundamental Consequence of Lowering Supply Voltage ; 1.17 Analog MOS Transistor Performance Parameters ; Summary ; References.

2 Scaling and Short Channel Effects in MOSFET 2.1 MOSFET Scaling ; 2.2 International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors ; 2.3 Gate Oxide Scaling ; 2.4 Gate Leakage Current ; 2.5 Mobility ; 2.6 High-k Gate Dielectrics.

2.7 Key Guidelines for Selecting an Alternative Gate Dielectric 2.8 Materials ; 2.9 Gate Tunneling Current ; 2.10 Gate Length Scaling ; 2.11 Introduction to Short Channel Effect in MOSFET ; 2.11.1 Reduction of Effective Threshold Voltage ; 2.11.2 Drain-induced Barrier Lowering.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book teaches basic and advanced concepts, new methodologies and recent developments in VLSI technology with a focus on low power design. It provides insight on how to use Tanner Spice, Cadence tools, Xilinx tools, VHDL programming and Synopsis to design simple and complex circuits using latest state-of-the art technologies. Emphasis is placed on fundamental transistor circuit-level design concepts.

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