Title :
Building blocks for delay-insensitive circuits using single electron tunneling devices
Author :
Safiruddin, Saleh ; Cotofana, Sorin D.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Eng. Group, Tech. Univ. Delft, Delft
Abstract :
This paper presents a set of basic building blocks that corresponds to a universal set of primitives for delay insensitive circuits. We propose single electron tunneling circuit topologies and verify them by means of simulations. The simulations performed with SIMON 2.0 indicate that the circuits function as expected. Moreover the proposed circuits are input-output level compatible thus they can be potentially utilized in the implementation of larger asynchronous circuits.
Keywords :
asynchronous circuits; single electron devices; tunnelling; SIMON 2.0; asynchronous circuits; circuit topologies; delay-insensitive circuits; single electron tunneling devices; Asynchronous circuits; CMOS technology; Circuit simulation; Circuit topology; Delay; Electrons; Energy consumption; Tunneling; Virtual colonoscopy; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology, 2007. IEEE-NANO 2007. 7th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0607-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0608-1
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2007.4601286