Pass-gates logic is known to be intrinsically more energy efficient than static CMOS. This feature attracted the research interest over the years and many working implementations have been demonstrated. Recent works, in particular, have shown that pass-gates logic is well suited for ultra-low power adiabatic circuits mapped on emerging technologies. Despite the progress made, several design issues still prevent pass-gates logic circuits reaching large scale integration. In this work we deal with the lack of synthesis tools and methodologies. We propose a multi-function decomposition engine that yields (i) an efficient abstract circuit modeling through a more compact data-structure, the Multi-Function Pass Diagram (MFPD) and (ii) an effective multi-gate area/delay-driven low-power synthesis&optimization flow. Simulation results conducted on different technologies, i.e., silicon and graphene, demonstrate that logic circuits synthesized with the proposed tool are smaller in size and depth, hence less power consuming and faster than circuits obtained through conventional synthesis flows based on Binary Decision Diagrams.

Multi-function logic synthesis of silicon and beyond-silicon ultra-low power pass-gates circuits / Tenace, Valerio; Calimera, Andrea; Macii, Enrico; Poncino, Massimo. - (2016), pp. 1-6. (Intervento presentato al convegno 24th Annual IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration, VLSI-SoC 2016 tenutosi a Tallin, Estonia nel 26-28 Settembre 2016) [10.1109/VLSI-SoC.2016.7753575].

Multi-function logic synthesis of silicon and beyond-silicon ultra-low power pass-gates circuits

TENACE, VALERIO;CALIMERA, ANDREA;MACII, Enrico;PONCINO, MASSIMO
2016

Abstract

Pass-gates logic is known to be intrinsically more energy efficient than static CMOS. This feature attracted the research interest over the years and many working implementations have been demonstrated. Recent works, in particular, have shown that pass-gates logic is well suited for ultra-low power adiabatic circuits mapped on emerging technologies. Despite the progress made, several design issues still prevent pass-gates logic circuits reaching large scale integration. In this work we deal with the lack of synthesis tools and methodologies. We propose a multi-function decomposition engine that yields (i) an efficient abstract circuit modeling through a more compact data-structure, the Multi-Function Pass Diagram (MFPD) and (ii) an effective multi-gate area/delay-driven low-power synthesis&optimization flow. Simulation results conducted on different technologies, i.e., silicon and graphene, demonstrate that logic circuits synthesized with the proposed tool are smaller in size and depth, hence less power consuming and faster than circuits obtained through conventional synthesis flows based on Binary Decision Diagrams.
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