IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences
Online ISSN : 1745-1337
Print ISSN : 0916-8508
Special Section on VLSI Design and CAD Algorithms
Power Gating Implementation for Supply Noise Mitigation with Body-Tied Triple-Well Structure
Yasumichi TAKAIMasanori HASHIMOTOTakao ONOYE
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2012 Volume E95.A Issue 12 Pages 2220-2225

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This paper investigates power gating implementations that mitigate power supply noise. We focus on the body connection of power-gated circuits, and examine the amount of power supply noise induced by power-on rush current and the contribution of a power-gated circuit as a decoupling capacitance during the sleep mode. To figure out the best implementation, we designed and fabricated a test chip in 65nm process. Experimental results with measurement and simulation reveal that the power-gated circuit with body-tied structure in triple-well is the best implementation from the following three points; power supply noise due to rush current, the contribution of decoupling capacitance during the sleep mode and the leakage reduction thanks to power gating.

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