An Energy Efficient Logic Approach to Implement CMOS Full Adder

Abstract

An energy efficient internal logic approach for designing two 1-bit full adder cells is proposed in this work. It is based on decomposition of the full adder logic into the smaller modules. Low power, high speed and smaller area are the main features of the proposed approach. A modified power aware NAND gate, an essential entity, is also presented. The proposed full adder cells achieve 30.13% and improvement in their power delay product (PDP) metrics when compared with the best reported full adder design. Some of the popular adders and proposed adders are designed with cadence virtuoso tool with UMC 90[Formula: see text]nm technology operating at 1.2[Formula: see text]V supply voltage and UMC 55[Formula: see text]nm CMOS technology operating at 1.0[Formula: see text]V. These designs are tested on a common environment. During the experiment, it is also found that the proposed adder cells exhibit excellent signal integrity and driving capability when operated at low voltages.