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Power Optimization in Counters Using Gray Coding

Ms.Lowrence Khanna,Ms. Rimmy Chhabra, Mr. Ayushman Choudhary, Ms. Kanika

(05 – 2026)

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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.

 

 

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