Research

General Interests

  • Low Power Digital Circuits
  • Computer/Parallel/Reconfigurable Architectures
  • Embedded Systems
  • CAD and Modeling for VLSI
  • Nanoelectronics

Current Work

Low Power Energy Scalable Architecture Exploration

  • Modification of an interconnect simulator (IntSim) for reconfigurable architectures and 3D-IC designs
  • High level power/area/delay estimation
  • Optimization of bus bit width and spacing

Nanowire Transistor Modeling

  • TCAD simulation
  • SPICE model adaptation

Nanowire Circuits For Energy Harvesting Sensor Networks

  • Comparison of power gating techniques
  • Reconfigurable interconnect design
  • Low power memory

Past Work

Energy Efficient Interconnect Using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)

  • Optimization of PWM circuitry for peak power reduction
  • Exploration of various techniques for modulating signal pulse width on-chip