Low-power 7.2 GHz complementary all-N-transistor logic using 90 nm CMOS technology

This paper proposed an complementary all-N-transistor (CANT) comprising ANT logic and inverted ANT logic. In ANT logic´s N-Block, the threshold voltage of the transistors is variable depending on the operation of the entire logic block. In the evaluation phase, the bulk voltage of the transistors in the N-Block is increased to V_DD-V_thn to enhance the operation speed. In the pre-charge phase, the bulk voltage of the transistors in the N-Block is dropped to almost 0 V such that the subthreshold leakage current is reduced. By utilizing such a variable bulk voltage scheme in the proposed complementary ANT (CANT) logic, a 32-bit CLA is designed using TSMC 90 nm CMOS process to verify the low power and high speed performance. The area of the proposed design is 0.0483 mm² and the power dissipation is 102 mW given a 7.2 GHz clock at the worst PVT condition.