{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2113134218","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2742060.2742075","title":"Voltage-Boosted Synchronizers","display_name":"Voltage-Boosted Synchronizers","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-05-19","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2113134218","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2742060.2742075","mag":"2113134218"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/2742060.2742075","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2742060.2742075","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 25th edition on Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050375655","display_name":"Yaoqiang Li","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I151746483","display_name":"University of Waterloo","ror":"https://ror.org/01aff2v68","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I151746483"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yaoqiang Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I151746483"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069007377","display_name":"Pierce Chuang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5850-7048"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I151746483","display_name":"University of Waterloo","ror":"https://ror.org/01aff2v68","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I151746483"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pierce I.-Jen Chuang","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I151746483"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007026340","display_name":"Andrew Kennings","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I151746483","display_name":"University of Waterloo","ror":"https://ror.org/01aff2v68","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I151746483"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Andrew Kennings","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I151746483"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5086259491","display_name":"Manoj Sachdev","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8256-9828"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I151746483","display_name":"University of Waterloo","ror":"https://ror.org/01aff2v68","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I151746483"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Manoj Sachdev","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I151746483"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I151746483"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.13535695,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"307","last_page":"312"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10363","display_name":"Low-power high-performance VLSI design","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10363","display_name":"Low-power high-performance VLSI design","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10502","display_name":"Advanced Memory and Neural Computing","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10472","display_name":"Semiconductor materials and devices","score":0.9983999729156494,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mean-time-between-failures","display_name":"Mean time between failures","score":0.8649408221244812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/capacitor","display_name":"Capacitor","score":0.7366674542427063},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/metastability","display_name":"Metastability","score":0.7153565883636475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/voltage","display_name":"Voltage","score":0.6346846222877502},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/power","display_name":"Power (physics)","score":0.5860891342163086},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/power-consumption","display_name":"Power consumption","score":0.5577857494354248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5536155700683594},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electrical-engineering","display_name":"Electrical engineering","score":0.49800944328308105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/charge-pump","display_name":"Charge pump","score":0.4775753319263458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/physics","display_name":"Physics","score":0.35833969712257385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/failure-rate","display_name":"Failure rate","score":0.1681082546710968},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.14283165335655212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reliability-engineering","display_name":"Reliability engineering","score":0.10342243313789368}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44154001","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754940","display_name":"Mean time between failures","level":3,"score":0.8649408221244812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C52192207","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5322","display_name":"Capacitor","level":3,"score":0.7366674542427063},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C89464430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q849516","display_name":"Metastability","level":2,"score":0.7153565883636475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C165801399","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25428","display_name":"Voltage","level":2,"score":0.6346846222877502},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163258240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25342","display_name":"Power (physics)","level":2,"score":0.5860891342163086},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2984118289","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29954","display_name":"Power consumption","level":3,"score":0.5577857494354248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5536155700683594},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.49800944328308105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C114825011","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440704","display_name":"Charge pump","level":4,"score":0.4775753319263458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.35833969712257385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163164238","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2737027","display_name":"Failure rate","level":2,"score":0.1681082546710968},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.14283165335655212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200601418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193887","display_name":"Reliability engineering","level":1,"score":0.10342243313789368},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/2742060.2742075","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2742060.2742075","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 25th edition on Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.8999999761581421,"display_name":"Affordable and clean energy","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":17,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W149082927","https://openalex.org/W1566916904","https://openalex.org/W2021574550","https://openalex.org/W2025340565","https://openalex.org/W2047779031","https://openalex.org/W2098988964","https://openalex.org/W2102587899","https://openalex.org/W2135429635","https://openalex.org/W2136814754","https://openalex.org/W2139193411","https://openalex.org/W2155142658","https://openalex.org/W2156667996","https://openalex.org/W2157476064","https://openalex.org/W2158263501","https://openalex.org/W3103339143","https://openalex.org/W4235702176","https://openalex.org/W6662485366"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1983353130","https://openalex.org/W4400370279","https://openalex.org/W168429299","https://openalex.org/W1513192318","https://openalex.org/W2064185557","https://openalex.org/W2081804767","https://openalex.org/W2114661492","https://openalex.org/W2295052317","https://openalex.org/W2051673417","https://openalex.org/W2800568880"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"With":[0],"a":[1,34,40,80],"specified":[2],"Mean":[3],"Timing":[4],"Between":[5],"Failure":[6],"(MTBF),":[7],"the":[8,16,49,56,59,66,92,96],"metastability":[9,21],"resolution":[10,22],"time":[11,23],"of":[12,33,48,58,65],"synchronizers":[13],"possibly":[14],"constrains":[15],"system":[17],"performance.":[18],"To":[19],"enhance":[20],"under":[24],"single":[25],"low-voltage":[26],"supply":[27],"environments,":[28],"Voltage-Boosted":[29],"Synchronizers":[30],"(VBSs)":[31],"consisting":[32],"basic":[35,97],"minimum-sized":[36],"Jamb":[37,60,98],"latch":[38],"and":[39,73,85,89],"switched-capacitor-based":[41],"charge":[42,50,67],"pump":[43,51],"are":[44,77],"proposed.":[45,78],"The":[46],"capacitor":[47],"is":[52],"sized":[53],"13":[54],"times":[55,91],"area":[57],"latch.":[61],"Two":[62],"powering":[63],"strategies":[64],"pump,":[68],"namely":[69],"Metastability-driven":[70],"VBS":[71,75],"(MVBS)":[72],"Clock-driven":[74],"(CVBS),":[76],"For":[79],"1-year":[81],"MTBF":[82],"specification,":[83],"MVBS":[84],"CVBS":[86],"show":[87],"2.0-2.7":[88],"5.1-9.8":[90],"performance":[93],"improvement":[94],"over":[95],"latch,":[99],"respectively,":[100],"without":[101],"incurring":[102],"large":[103],"power":[104],"consumption.":[105]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-29T14:22:42.915294","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}