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discusses encoding techniques that simultaneously reduce power consumption

and capacitive crosstalk effects. Section 7.4 describes encoding techniques to

reduce inductive crosstalk effects. Finally, in Section 7.5, we present encoding tech-

niques for improving fault tolerance and reliability.

7.1 TECHNIQUES FOR POWER REDUCTION

One of the most common uses of encoding techniques has been to reduce the

power consumption of bus wires. Power is dissipated on bus wires due to the

charging and discharging of capacitances associated with a wire. There are two

major sources of power consumption on a wire: self-switching and coupling (cross-

talk). ...