AZoNano

Direct-Write Fabrication of 1D Transistors and Non-CMOS Logic Gates: A Stimulus for Nanoelectronics to Mature

The transistor, an invention that heralded a new era in electronics, is the key component of practically all integrated circuits (ICs) and microprocessors. The point-contact transistor that Walter H.
Electronic Design

It’s Hot, Powering, And Burning CMOS Logic Circuits

Fig 1. A typical CMOS input circuit comprises a “P” and “N” transistor. One is fully “on” for logic high, and the other is “on” for a logic low. Fig 2. When a CMOS input pin is at logic high or low ...
Science Daily

Non-volatile bistable memory circuits for highly energy-efficient CMOS logic systems

Non-volatile bistable memory circuits pave the way for highly energy-efficient CMOS logic systems. Non-volatile bistable memory circuits being developed by Satoshi Sugahara and his team at Tokyo Tech ...
Semiconductor Engineering

NAND and NOR logic-in-memory comprising silicon nanowire feedback field-effect transistors

“The processing of large amounts of data requires a high energy efficiency and fast processing time for high-performance computing systems. However, conventional von Neumann computing systems have ...
EDN

CMOS logic family brings robust ESD protection to battery-powered devices

CMOS reduces power consumption and board space by more than 30 percent San Jose, Calif.—Royal Philips Electronics today introduced its family of Advanced Ultra-low Power (AUP) CMOS logic, featuring ...
EDN

RFL-class logic gates

This Design Idea describes a new class of logic gates, which we have named resistor-FET-logic, aka “RFL.” How do we know it is new? While FET switches are common today, we have been unable to find a ...