Title :
Digital to analogue converter based on single-electron tunnelling transistor
Author :
Hu, C.H. ; Cotofana, S.D. ; Jiang, J.F.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Eng. Lab. Electr. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
A digital to analogue converter (DAC) based on a single-electron tunnelling transistor (SETT) is proposed. The proposed scheme fully utilises the Coulomb blockade effect and only a SETT and n+1 capacitors are necessary for an n-bit DAC implementation. Using this scheme, a 4-bit DAC is demonstrated by means of simulation.
Keywords :
Coulomb blockade; digital-analogue conversion; single electron transistors; tunnelling; Coulomb blockade effect; digital to analogue converter; n-bit DAC implementation; single-electron tunnelling transistor;
Journal_Title :
Circuits, Devices and Systems, IEE Proceedings -
DOI :
10.1049/ip-cds:20040992
