The new generation of multimedia-application processors requires a drastic leakage reduction to bring the standby current to 50μA. An efficient set of leakage reduction techniques, including power gating, memory retention, voltage scaling, and dual Vt, is employed on a 50M transistor, 80mm2 IC, fabricated in a 90nm CMOS technology, resulting in a 40× leakage reduction.
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Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2005 IEEE International
Date of Conference: 10-10 Feb. 2005