Title :
Analysis of analog to digital converter based on single-electron tunnelling transistors
Author :
Chaohong, Hu ; Cotofana, Sorin Dan ; Jianfei, JIANG
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Comput. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
An analog to digital converter (ADC) based on single-electron tunnelling transistors (SETTs) is proposed and analyzed. The scheme fully utilizes Coulomb oscillation effect, can properly operate at T >0K and only a capacitive divider (built with 2n-2 capacitors) and n pairs of complementary SETTs are required for an n-bit ADC implementation. Using this scheme, a 4-bit ADC is demonstrated at 10K by means of simulation.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; capacitors; circuit simulation; single electron transistors; tunnelling; 10 K; 4 bit; ADC; Coulomb oscillation effect; capacitive divider; complementary SETT; single-electron tunnelling transistors; Analog-digital conversion; Capacitance; Capacitors; Chaos; Circuits; MOSFETs; Single electron transistors; Stability; Temperature; Tunneling;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8251-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328841
