An optimal voltage synthesis technique for a power-efficient satellite application

• Published in: Annual ACM IEEE Design Automation Conference: Proceedings of the 39th conference on Design automation : New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; 10-14 June 2002 pp. 492 - 497
• Main Authors: Kang, Dong-In, Suh, Jinwoo, Crago, Stephen P.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY, USA ACM 10.06.2002
• Series: ACM Conferences
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation > Model development and analysis > Modeling methodologies; Electronics; Exact sciences and technology; General and reference > Cross-computing tools and techniques > Design; General and reference > Cross-computing tools and techniques > Performance; Integrated circuits; Integrated circuits by function (including memories and processors); Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices; power-aware design; power-efficient design; satellite application; queueing
• ISBN: 1581134614; 9781581134612
• ISSN: 0738-100X
• DOI: 10.1145/513918.514043

This paper presents an optimal voltage synthesis technique for a satellite application to maximize system performance subject to energy budget. A period of a satellite's orbit is partitioned into several independent regions with different characteristics such as type of computation, importance, performance requirements, and energy consumptions. Given a periodic energy recharge model, optimal voltages for the regions are synthesized such that the overall performance is maximized within the energy budget in the period.