Managing Temperature Effects in Nanoscale Adaptive Systems

This book discusses new techniques for detecting, controlling, and exploiting the impacts of temperature variations on nanoscale circuits and systems. A new sensor system is described that can determine the temperature dependence as well as the operating temperature to improve system reliability. A new method is presented to control a circuit's temperature dependence by individually tuning pull-up and pull-down networks to their temperature-insensitive operating points. This method extends the range of supply voltages that can be made temperature-insensitive, achieving insensitivity at nominal voltage for the first time.

List of contents

The Role of Temperature in Electronic Design.- Temperature Effects in Semiconductors.- Sensing Temperature Dependence.- Variation-Tolerant Adaptive Voltage Systems.- Controlling the Temperature Dependence.- Exploiting Temperature Dependence in Low-Swing Interconnect Links.- Avoiding Temperature-Induced Errors in On-Chip Interconnects.- Future Work and Open Problems.

Summary

This book discusses new techniques for detecting, controlling, and exploiting the impacts of temperature variations on nanoscale circuits and systems. A new sensor system is described that can determine the temperature dependence as well as the operating temperature to improve system reliability. A new method is presented to control a circuit’s temperature dependence by individually tuning pull-up and pull-down networks to their temperature-insensitive operating points. This method extends the range of supply voltages that can be made temperature-insensitive, achieving insensitivity at nominal voltage for the first time.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Ampadu, Davi Wolpert, David Wolpert
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2011
• EAN: 9781461407478
• ISBN: 978-1-4614-0747-8
• No. of pages: 174
• Weight: 426 g
• Illustrations: XXII, 174 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; B, engineering, Circuits and Systems, Other manufacturing technologies, Nanotechnology, Electronics, Microelectronics, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Microsystems and MEMS, Nanotechnology and Microengineering, Electronics engineering, Electronic circuits, Electronic Circuits and Systems