Question

What is a low-poer CMOS technique: Active body waisting or using transistors instead of resistors on chip

Answer 1

low-power CMOS technique : using transistors instead of resistors on chip

As we know the high performance circuit needs the large number of transistor with high speed. But this improvement in the performance comes with power dissipation. And high package density becomes the one the major demand in VLSI technology, the size of transistor is getting reduced. As the technology is getting finer, the percentage of leakage power dissipation in total power dissipation is increases significantly. This power dissipation increases cooling cost and reduces the system reliability.