Title :
A Design for Multiple-Valued Logic Gates Based on MESFET´s
Author :
Tront, Joseph G. ; Givone, Donald D.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Abstract :
The majority of the work in the multiple-valued logic (MVL) area has been devoted to the study of various algebras and their properties. One such algebra was proposed by Allen and Givone. This paper is concerned with circuit realizations for this algebra. GaAs MESFET´s are used as the basic circuit elements. Several five-valued circuits are proposed including a LITERAL gate, a MAX gate, and a MIN gate. The circuit analysis program SPICE is used to analyze the circuits, and the results are presented.
Keywords :
LITERAL gate; MAX gate; MIN gate; Multiple-valued logic circuit; field-effect transistor; logical complement; Algebra; Circuit analysis; Circuit synthesis; Epitaxial layers; Gallium arsenide; Logic design; Logic functions; Logic gates; MESFET circuits; Voltage; LITERAL gate; MAX gate; MIN gate; Multiple-valued logic circuit; field-effect transistor; logical complement;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TC.1979.1675265
