Battery-conscious task sequencing for portable devices including voltage/clock scaling

  • Authors:
  • Daler Rakhmatov;Sarma Vrudhula;Chaitali Chakrabarti

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ. of Arizona, Tucson;Univ. of Arizona, Tucson;Arizona State Univ., Tempe

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 39th annual Design Automation Conference
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

Operation of battery-powered portable systems can no longer be sustained once a battery becomes discharged. Maximization of the battery lifetime is a difficult task due to nonlinearity of battery behavior that depends on the characteristics of the system load profile. We address the problem of task sequencing without and with voltage/clock scaling that shapes the profile so that the battery lifetime is maximized. We developed an accurate analytical battery model and validated it with measurements taken on a real lithium-ion battery used in a pocket computer. We use the model as a basis for a unique battery conscious cost function and utilize its properties to develop several novel algorithms, including insertion of recovery periods and voltage/clock scaling for delay slack distribution.