A novel CNTFET-based ternary logic gate design

This paper presents a novel design of ternary logic inverters using carbon nanotube FETs (CNTFETs). Multiple-valued logic (MVL) circuits have attracted substantial interest due to the capability of increasing information content per unit area. In the past extensive design techniques for MVL circuits (especially ternary logic inverters) have been proposed for implementation in CMOS technology. In CNTFET device, the threshold voltage of the transistor can be controlled by controlling the chirality vector (i.e. the diameter); in this paper this feature is exploited to design ternary logic inverters. New designs are proposed and compared with existing CNTFET-based designs. Extensive simulation results using SPICE demonstrate that power delay product is improved by 300% comparing to the conventional ternary gate design.