This book discusses new techniques for detecting, controlling, and exploiting the impacts of temperature variations on nanoscale circuits and systems. A new sensor system is described that can determine the temperature dependence as well as the operating temperature to improve system reliability. A new method is presented to control a circuit’s temperature dependence by individually tuning pull-up and pull-down networks to their temperature-insensitive operating points. This method extends the range of supply voltages that can be made temperature-insensitive, achieving insensitivity at nominal voltage for the first time.

The Role of Temperature in Electronic Design.- Temperature Effects in Semiconductors.- Sensing Temperature Dependence.- Variation-Tolerant Adaptive Voltage Systems.- Controlling the Temperature Dependence.- Exploiting Temperature Dependence in Low-Swing Interconnect Links.- Avoiding Temperature-Induced Errors in On-Chip Interconnects.- Future Work and Open Problems.