Research Article

A Reliable Leakage Reduction Technique for Approximate Full Adder with Reduced Ground Bounce Noise

Table 2

Comparison of post layout simulation results between existing and modified FA at 1.1V,27°C temp.

SchemeAverage Power (W)Delay (pS)PDP (aJ)Leakage power(pW)GBN(V)

Existing FA circuit
Conv_adder12.23223928180890
MA1 [19]10398398094856
MA2 [19]8.1368298081791
MA3 [19]7.8277216084753
MA4 [19]9.2362333082808
Imprecise_adder_1 [18]7.7361278065732
Imprecise adder_2[18]11.83604248149879
Inexact_adder_2017 [20]7.53612707461541
FA (hybrid_pass_logic) [21]118799669636587

Modified approximate FA
MMA19.8479469447191
MMA28.0408326437146
MMA37.7316243334145
MMA49.1325295738205