Extreme Low-Power Mixed Signal IC Design: Subthreshold Source-Coupled Circuits

This book describes a completely novel class of techniques for designing ultralow-power integrated circuits (ICs). In many applications such as battery operated implanted systems and battery-less (energy-scavenging) systems where relatively low operating frequencies are targeted, the overall power/energy dissipation is emerging as the key design criterion. As a result, there is a growing demand for reducing the power (energy) consumption in ICs to extremely low levels, not achievable by usi...