A new low clock swing flip-flop (F/F) is proposed. The existing low clock-swing F/F's consume high power, introduce speed penalty due to contention currents or require large silicon area due to separate well for substrate biasing. By reducing contention currents, our proposal efficiently mitigates those issues. Measurements and simulations are carried out based on a 90 nm CMOS process, demonstrating reductions of active power by 71%, area by 36% and delay by 35% compared to previous proposals. It is shown that the combination of a lowclock swing distribution tree with the new F/F can save up to 60% of the total clock system power.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.