An efficient algorithm for the design of combinational circuits with low power consumption

저전력 소모 조합 회로의 설계를 위한 효율적인 알고리듬

  • 김형 (서강대학교 대학원) ;
  • 최익성 (서강대학교 대학원) ;
  • 서동욱 (서강대학교 대학원) ;
  • 허훈 (서강대학교 대학원) ;
  • 황선영 (서강대학교 전자공학과)
  • Published : 1996.05.01

Abstract

This paper proposes a heuristic algorithm for low power implementation of combinational circuits. Selecting an input variable for a given function, the proposed algorithm performs Shannon exansion with respect to the variable to reduce the number of gates in the subcircuit realizing the coffactor function, reducting the power dissipation of the implemented circuit. experimental results for the MCNC benchmarks show that the proposed algorithm is effective by generating the circuits consuming the power 48.9% less on the average, when compared to the previous algorithm based on precomputation logic.

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