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State re-encoding for peak current minimization
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Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE/ACM international conference on Computer-aided design table of contents
San Jose, California
SESSION: Post-placement optimization techniques table of contents
Pages: 33 - 38  
Year of Publication: 2006
ISBN ~ ISSN:1092-3152 , 1-59593-389-1
Authors
Shih-Hsu Huang  Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung Li, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Chia-Ming Chang  Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung Li, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Yow-Tyng Nieh  SOC Technology Center, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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IEEE-CS : Computer Society
IEEE-CAS : Circuits & Systems
SIGDA: ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

In a synchronous finite state machine (FSM), huge current peaks are often observed at the moment of state transition. Previous low power state encoding algorithms focus on the reduction of switching activities of state registers (i.e., state bits). However, even though the switching state registers are the same, different combinations of switching directions still result in different peak currents. Based on that observation, in this paper, we propose the first approach to re-encode an FSM by considering the switching directions of state registers in order to minimize the peak current caused by the state transition. Experimental data consistently show that the peak current is reduced with no penalty.


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Collaborative Colleagues:
Shih-Hsu Huang: colleagues
Chia-Ming Chang: colleagues
Yow-Tyng Nieh: colleagues