CMOS circuits consume great dynamic power in switching. It has been proposed that energy transfer through a rising
Vdd dissipates small amounts of energy. In typical power gate circuits, the high-performance PMOS transistors (
PSW) that connect the circuit blocks to the power supply reduce leakage power by shutting off outer power (
Vdd) to the idle blocks. We expand this technique by utilizing active
PSW, which are turned on and off by clock signal. The
PSW are fully turned on only for half of each clock cycle. This means that sufficient
Vdd is provided to the circuit continuously for half of each clock cycle. In this manner, the circuit charge and discharge actions are cycle occur in different phases, and ramp
Vdd is supplied to the designed circuit; we name this technique “CK
Vdd.” CK
Vdd is a clock-controlled self-stabilized voltage technique, which generates stable ramp voltage to suppress the currents effectively. It is proposed to reduce dynamic power dissipation in conventional CMOS digital circuits. As compared to the conventional circuit, the circuits using CK
Vdd technique possesses several characteristics that differ from those of the current circuits using constant
Vdd power source. First, CK
Vdd technique combines the power source and clock signal; it is an efficient low power technique. Second, CK
Vdd propose a feasible method to generate ramp-
Vdd and low-
Vdd. This technique would be convenient used to design generic low power digital circuits. Third, normal CMOS circuits show the dynamic power consumption increase proportional to the clock frequency. CK
Vdd results in a lower-than-usual frequency dependency, it is suitable used to design high clock speed circuits. In investigating constant
Vdd for MPEG VLD decoders, CK
Vdd-circuit reduces 48% of the usual power dissipation and 88% of the usual peak current with small delay penalty.
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