A Novel Ultra-Low Voltage Fully Synthesizable Comparator exploiting NAND Gates

被引:5
作者
Della Sala, Riccardo [1 ]
Bocciarelli, Cristian [1 ]
Centurelli, Francesco [1 ]
Spinogatti, Valerio [1 ]
Trifiletti, Alessandro [1 ]
机构
[1] Sapienza Univ Rome, Via Eudossiana 18, I-00184 Rome, Italy
来源
2023 18TH CONFERENCE ON PH.D RESEARCH IN MICROELECTRONICS AND ELECTRONICS, PRIME | 2023年
关键词
Dynamic comparator; fully-synthesizable; standard cell-based; ultra-low voltage; ultra-low power; Internet of Things;
D O I
10.1109/PRIME58259.2023.10161936
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this work a novel ultra-low voltage, ultra-low power fully synthesizable comparator is presented. The proposed architecture exploits only 2-input NAND gates, that allow minimization of the area footprint and scalability up to extremely low supply voltages. An extensive simulation campaign in a 130 nm CMOS technology has shown state-of-the-art performance in terms of power-delay-product for supply voltages down to 0.3V. Simulations also show good robustness under mismatch and PVT variations, proving the feasibility of the approach.
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页数:4
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