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This paper compares a set of measurements of power consumption of CMOS circuits obtained from conventional and non-conventional measurement methods. A description of the advantages and disadvantages of each method is included as well as the precaution measures to prevent measurement errors. Experiments on a 32-bit microprocessor and a standard cell custom circuit prove that by using non-conventional methods it is possible to obtain information unreachable with conventional ammeter measurements.
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Rius, J., Peidro, A., Manich, S., Rodriguez, R. (2003). Power and Energy Consumption of CMOS Circuits: Measurement Methods and Experimental Results. In: Chico, J.J., Macii, E. (eds) Integrated Circuit and System Design. Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization and Simulation. PATMOS 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2799. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39762-5_10
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