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Low-power bluetooth microcontroller design using clock gating and gray code state encoding

cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
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cris.virtualsource.department 325aae8b-6e9c-40ec-b8c4-398c4b0f1803
cris.virtualsource.department c074e684-00ff-44f4-a69a-cc19c7850721
dc.contributor.author Hang Suan Wang
dc.contributor.author Asral Bahari Jambek
dc.contributor.author Kean Hong Boey
dc.contributor.author Fazrul Faiz Zakaria
dc.contributor.author Rizalafande Che Ismail
dc.date.accessioned 2026-03-30T02:28:35Z
dc.date.available 2026-03-30T02:28:35Z
dc.date.issued 2024-02
dc.description.abstract The number of applications for wireless Bluetooth devices is on the rise this decade. However, power consumption has become a major concern as the demand for more functionality on a single chip increases. Furthermore, since the device has a limited battery capacity, high power consumption limits the chip's long-term operation. Therefore, low-power architecture becomes crucial in these devices. To minimize the power consumption, this work implements a clock gating and a Gray code state encoding in a Bluetooth microcontroller system-on-chip (SoC). Four operation state is being tested to measure switching activity: Bluetooth transmission test, sleep test, timer test, and UART test. This design targets 180 nm Silterra CMOS technology with the system working at 16 MHz. Synopsys System on Chip EDA tools is used to perform the gate-level simulation and power analysis. The experimental result showed that the system's power consumption decreased by 86% when applying clock gating. Implementing a Gray code state encoding on the bridge reduces the power consumption further by up to 42 μW.
dc.identifier.doi 10.1063/5.0192105
dc.identifier.uri https://pubs.aip.org/aip/
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14170/16091
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher AIP Publishing
dc.relation.conference The 6th International Conference on Electronic Design (ICED 2022), 29 August 2022, Perlis, Malaysia
dc.relation.ispartof AIP Conference Proceedings
dc.relation.issn 0094-243X
dc.subject Digital circuits
dc.subject Microcontroller
dc.subject Energy use and applications
dc.subject Batteries
dc.title Low-power bluetooth microcontroller design using clock gating and gray code state encoding
dc.type proceedings-article
dspace.entity.type Publication
oaire.citation.issue 1
oaire.citation.volume 3050
oairecerif.author.affiliation Faculty of Electronic Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
oairecerif.author.affiliation Intel Microelectronic Engineering (M) Sdn. Bhd.
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
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