A complementary single-electron 4-bit multiplexer

Author

Tsiolakis, T. ; Konofaos, N. ; Alexiou, G. Ph

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng. & Inf., Univ. of Patras, Patras, Greece

fYear

2010

fDate

3-4 Aug. 2010

Firstpage

264

Lastpage

271

Abstract

The design and simulation of a single-electron 4-1 complementary multiplexer is being presented using two Monte Carlo based tools. Both the behavior and the stability of the circuit were verified while its free energy and its speed were also examined and analyzed. The results confirmed that the circuit behaved as a complementary multiplexer. Moreover, the currents through the circuit were examined under the operating temperature, while a stable operation of the circuit was verified without any noise present at the output points.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; circuit stability; logic design; multiplying circuits; Monte Carlo based tool; circuit stability; complementary single-electron 4-bit multiplexer; free energy; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Circuit simulation; Design engineering; Electrons; Multiplexing; Temperature; Tunneling; Voltage; Circuit free energy; Circuit stability; Coulomb blockade; Monte Carlo method; noise; single electron complementary gate; single electron design and simulation; single electron multiplexer; single electron transistor (SET); single electron tunneling; single electronics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quality Electronic Design (ASQED), 2010 2nd Asia Symposium on

Conference_Location

Penang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7809-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASQED.2010.5548250

Filename

5548250