Harmander Deogun

Harmander Deogun

Contact Information:

EECS
1301 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122
[email protected]

Research Interest:

Low power CMOS digital design.  Circuit techniques to reduce overall off-state current due to subthreshold leakage and gate tunneling current.  Circuit techniques for run-time leakage reduction

Current Research:

Currently, I am working towards developing methods to reduce the overall off-state current in modern sub-micron devices.  Subthreshold leakage has been known to be a problem for quite some time, however, as devices are further scaled, gate tunneling current is a major concern in sub-100nm device design.  I am looking at techniques to reduce both these currents at a device and circuit level.  Techniques such as multi-threshold circuits as well as power gating (inserting sleep devices) and multi-oxide processes are being investigated to find a method which effectively reduces overall leakage.