Sebastien Bernard, A. Valentian, M. Belleville, D. Bol, J. Legat
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Abstract
So far, pulse-triggered flip-flops (pulsed-FFs) are mainly used in high-performance digital circuits, thanks to their small data-to-output delay. However, they suffer from a poor robustness to local variations occurring at ultra-low-voltage (ULV). Thanks to an innovative pulse generator, the operability of an energy-efficient pulsed-FF was validated at ultra-low operating supply voltage. Measurements of delays and correct functionality are performed in 28nm FDSOI technology. Then, the effect of back bias voltage, a key point in FDSOI technology, is studied and it is shown that our pulsed-FF reaches a minimum operating supply voltage of 170mV.