Title :
A Quaternary Logic gate using current-mode operation with bipolar transistors equivalent to an Exclusive-Or Binary gate
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Microelectron., Univ. of Campinas, Campinas
Abstract :
In this work a Multi-Valued Logic (MVL) gate is presented. It is equivalent to Exclusive-Or (X-OR) gate of the Binary circuits, but in Quaternary Logic. This Logic Block is built with bipolar transistors operating in current-mode. It can be considered a basic block for the construction of digital circuits. Although the Exclusive-Or gate of the Binary world is performed with other basic gates, it is often presented as a single one. The same occurs for the X Gate. With a little difference presented here: the Quaternary gate is performed by some basic gates and other circuit configuration (or block) that makes possible not using a lot of basic Quaternary gates to perform it. If the same X Gate is done in a formal way, it will be necessary much more basic gates and area.
Keywords :
bipolar transistors; logic gates; binary circuits; bipolar transistors; current-mode operation; digital circuits; exclusive-or binary gate; logic block; multivalued logic gate; quaternary logic gate; Clocks; Digital circuits; Impedance; Logic gates; Microelectronics; Mirrors; Transistors;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2005. ICECS 2005. 12th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gammarth
Print_ISBN :
978-9972-61-100-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2005.4633389