Power estimation for CMOS circuits appears to be deceptivelystraightforward. Most vendors provide a table or anequation that basically splits out the various components ofpower dissipation for a CMOS part (see Figure 1). Typically,these include a component for the input receivers,which must be de-rated if driven from TTL rather thanCMOS external drivers. Next, there is a component for theinternal core of the chip, which usually includes a negligibled.c. component and an a.c. component that requiresdetailed knowledge of the various switching frequenciesencountered. It also requires knowledge of exactly howmuch circuitry is used or unused at any time. Finally, thereis a component attributed to the output stages which arefunctions of both the switching frequencies as well as theexternal load capacitance. The power is found as the sumof all three components:Power = PIN + PCORE + POUT
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