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Exploiting subthreshold MOSFET behavior in analog applications

Engineers considermany forms ofcurrent leakagein electronicsystems tobe unusable.This thinkingis starting to change asdesigners begin to explorenew frontiers in ultra-low-powerdevices through ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Investigating Subthreshold Current Suppression in ReS2 Nanosheet-Based FETs

A technical paper titled “Subthreshold Current Suppression in ReS 2 Nanosheet-Based Field-Effect Transistors at High Temperatures” was published by researchers at University of Salerno, Università ...
Electronic Design

What’s All This Subthreshold Stuff, Anyhow?

Back in 1999, Bob Pease touched on the operation of CMOS transistors in subthreshold mode. In his article, he pointed out that analog designers can use CMOS ICs such as the CD4007, a dual matched pair ...
Electronic Design

Subthreshold Cortex-M4F Design Sips Less Power Than Cortex-M3

1. Leakage becomes critical as designs approach subthrehold voltages around 0.3 V. Ambiq Micro’s Apollo family of ARM Cortex-M4F microcontrollers utilize a subthreshold voltage design that allows the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Maximizing Energy Efficiency in Subthreshold RISC-V Cores (NTNU)

A new technical paper titled “Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Subthreshold RISC-V Cores” was published by researchers at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). “Our goal in this paper ...