Gate Leakage Based Low Power Circuits

摘要

A low power voltage divider facility using gate leakage characteristics to divide voltage levels of sub-threshold and near-threshold circuits. The divider comprises a gate leakage based divider facility, and, optionally, a capacitive divider facility.

主权项

1. A voltage divider facility comprising:
a first gate leakage-based divider facility coupled between first and second voltages and adapted to develop a first divided voltage intermediate the first and second voltages; and a first capacitive facility coupled between the first and second voltages and adapted to adjust a transient behavior of the first gate-leakage based divider facility.