Power Optimization in Counters Using Gray Coding
Ms.Lowrence Khanna,Ms. Rimmy Chhabra, Mr. Ayushman Choudhary, Ms. Kanika
Digital counters are the basic building blocks in electronic systems. They are used in processors, communication circuits, timers, and embedded devices. But the normal binary counters consist of a problem: in the counting process, multiple bits suffer from high switching activity, and their bits change simultaneously. And that’s why the power consumption increases. Due to this, there is a sudden increase in the switching activity. And because of this, power consumption also increases. In today’s world there is a need for using low-power consumption designs, especially for battery-operated devices. In this research paper, we will perform the comparison between a binary counter and a gray counter. Let’s see which counter performs how much switching and how the gray coding improves the power efficiency.

