An Evaluation and Comparison of State-of-the-Art Flip-Flops for Low-Power Applications

  • Kyoung Hun Kang Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  • Wan Yeong Jung Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23075/jicas.2023.9.2.006
Keywords: Activity ratio, Flip-Flop(FF), Low power, Redundant transition free

Abstract

Flip-Flop (FF) is the basic block of sequential digital circuits, which has a significant impact on the speed, power, and stability of digital systems. Reducing power consumption of FFs is an attractive solution for attaining good energy efficiency of digital systems. However, the conventional TGFF (Transmission-gate FF) consumes excessive dynamic power at clock inverters even though the data transition does not occur. To eliminate redundant clock transitions, some techniques are applied. This paper analyzes and compares recently published low-power FFs in 65nm CMOS.

Author Biographies

Kyoung Hun Kang, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Kyoung Hun Kang received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea, in 2021, He is currently pursuing the M.S. degree in electrical engineering with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea. His main interests are energy-efficient digital circuits in low-power applications.

Wan Yeong Jung, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Wan Yeong Jung received the B.S. degree from Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2012, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, in 2014 and 2017, respectively. He was a Research Intern with NVIDIA Research, Austin, TX, USA, in 2016. From 2017 to 2019, he was a Post-Doctoral Associate with Microsystems Technology   Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. Since 2019, he has been an Assistant Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea. His research interests include low-power circuits and systems, energy-efficient edge computing, and Internet of Things (IoT).

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Published
2023-04-01
How to Cite
Kang, K. H., & Jung, W. Y. (2023). An Evaluation and Comparison of State-of-the-Art Flip-Flops for Low-Power Applications. Journal of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.23075/jicas.2023.9.2.006
Issue
Vol 9 No 2 (2023)
Section
Articles

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