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Power–delay product

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In digital electronics, the power–delay product (PDP) is a figure of merit correlated with the energy efficiency of a logic gate or logic family.[1] Also known as switching energy, it is the product of power consumption P (averaged over a switching event) times the input–output delay or duration of the switching event D.[1] It has the dimension of energy and measures the energy consumed per switching event.

In a CMOS circuit the switching energy and thus the PDP for a 0-to-1-to-0 computation cycle is CL·VDD2. Therefore, lowering the supply voltage VDD lowers the PDP.[1]

Energy-efficient circuits with a low PDP may also be performing very slowly, thus energy–delay product (EDP), the product of E and D (or P and D2), is sometimes a preferable metric.[1]

In CMOS circuits the delay is inversely proportional to the supply voltage VDD and hence EDP is proportional to VDD. Consequently, lowering VDD also benefits EDP.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Gaudet, Vincent C. (2014-04-01) [2013-09-25]. "Chapter 4.1. Low-Power Design Techniques for State-of-the-Art CMOS Technologies". Written at Freiberg, Germany. In Steinbach, Bernd [in German] (ed.). Recent Progress in the Boolean Domain (1 ed.). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 187–212. ISBN 978-1-4438-5638-6. Retrieved 2019-08-04. [1] (xxx+428 pages)

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