Robust Low Power VLSI Design

Publications

2010 Conferences

  1. Satyanand Nalam, Vikas Chandra, Cezary Pietrzyk, Robert C. Aitken, and Benton H. Calhoun , "Asymmetric 6T SRAM with Two-phase Write and Split Bitline Differential Sensing for Low Voltage Operation",
    Accepted at ISQED 2010

  2. R.W.Mann, S.Nalam, J.Wang, B.H.Calhoun, "Limits of Bias Based Assist Methods in Nano-Scale 6T SRAM",
    Accepted at ISQED 2010

2009 Journals

  1. Mark A. Hanson, Harry C. Powell Jr., Adam T. Barth, Kyle Ringgenberg, Benton H. Calhoun, James H. Aylor, and John Lach.
    “Body Area Sensor Networks: Challenges and Opportunities” (pdf)
    IEEE Computer, Vol. 42, No. 1, pages 58-65, January 2009.

2009 Conferences

  1. Satyanand Nalam and Benton H. Calhoun.
    “Asymmetric Sizing in a 45nm 5T SRAM to Improve Read Stability over 6T”
    accepted Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2009.

  2. Sudhanshu Khanna and Benton H. Calhoun.
    “Serial Sub-threshold Circuits for Ultra-Low-Power Systems”
    accepted International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, August 2009.

  3. Steve Jocke, Jonathan Bolus, Stuart N. Wooters, Andrew D. Jurik, Alf F. Weaver, Travis N. Blalock, and Benton H. Calhoun.
    "A 2.6-μW Sub-threshold Mixed-signal ECG SoC" (pdf)
    Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2009.

  4. Andrew D. Jurik, Jonathan Bolus, Alf F. Weaver, Benton H. Calhoun, and Travis N. Blalock.
    "Mobile Health Monitoring Through Biotelemetry" (pdf)
    Bodynets, 2009.

  5. Benton H. Calhoun, Jonathan Bolus, Sudhanshu Khanna, Andrew D. Jurik, Alf F. Weaver, and Travis N. Blalock.
    "Sub-threshold Operation and Cross-Hierarchy Design for Ultra Low Power Wearable Sensors" (pdf) | Slides (pdf)
    International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2009.

  6. Benton H. Calhoun, Sudhanshu Khanna, Randy Mann, and Jiajing Wang.
    "Sub-threshold Circuit Design with Shrinking CMOS Devices" (pdf) | Slides (pdf)
    International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2009.

2008 Journals

  1. Jiajing Wang and Benton H. Calhoun.
    "Techniques to Extend Canary-based Standby VDD Scaling for SRAMs to 45nm and Beyond" (pdf).
    IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 43, No. 11, pages 2514-2523, November 2008.

  2. Benton H. Calhoun, Yu Cao, Xin Li, Ken Mai, Lawrence T. Pileggi, Rob A. Rutenbar, and Kenneth L. Shepard.
    "Digital Circuit Design Challenges and Opportunities in the Era of Nanoscale CMOS" (pdf).
    Proceedings of the IEEE (Special Issue on Integrated Electronics: Beyond Moore's Law), Vol. 96, No. 2, pages 343-365, February 2008.

2008 Conferences

  1. Liang Di, Mateja Putic, John Lach, and Benton H. Calhoun.
    "Power Switch Characterization for Fine-Grained Dynamic Voltage Scaling" (pdf)
    International Conference on Computer Design, pages 605-611, October 2008.

  2. Jiajing Wang and Benton H. Calhoun.
    "An Enhanced Adaptive Canary System for SRAM Standby Power Reduction."
    TECHCON, September 2008.

  3. Jiajing Wang, Satyanand Nalam, and Benton H. Calhoun.
    "Analyzing Static and Dynamic Write Margin for Nanometer SRAMs" (pdf). | Slides (pdf)
    International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, pages 129 - 134, August 2008.

  4. Joseph F. Ryan and Benton H. Calhoun.
    "Minimizing Offset for Latching Voltage-Mode Sense Amplifiers for Sub-threshold Operation" (pdf). | Slides (pdf)
    International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design," pages 127-132, March 2008.

  5. Amith Singhee, Jiajing Wang, Benton H. Calhoun, and Rob A. Rutenbar
    "Recursive Statistical Blockade: An Enhanced Technique for Rare Event Simulation with Application to SRAM Circuit Design" (pdf). | Slides (pdf)
    International Conference on VLSI Design, India, pages 131-136, January 2008.
    -- Best Student Paper Award --

2007 Conferences

  1. Jiajing Wang and Benton H. Calhoun
    "Canary Replica Feedback for Near-DRV Standby VDD Scaling in a 90nm SRAM" (pdf). | Slides (pdf)
    Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), pp. 29-32, September 2007.

  2. Jiajing Wang, Amith Singhee, Rob A. Rutenbar, and Benton H. Calhoun
    "Statistical Modeling for the Minimum Standby Supply Voltage of a Full SRAM Array" (pdf). | Slides (pdf)
    European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), pp. 400-403, September 2007.

  3. Alice Wang, Benton H. Calhoun, Naveen Verma, Joyce Kwong, and Anantha Chandrakasan
    "Ultra-Dynamic Voltage Scaling for Energy Starved Electronics"
    Proc. of GOMAC Tech, March 2007.

  4. Joseph F. Ryan, Jiajing Wang, and Benton H. Calhoun
    "Analyzing and Modeling Process Balance for Sub-threshold Circuit Design" (pdf). | Slides (pdf)
    GLSVLSI, pp. 275-280, March 2007.