EE Herald

Advanced VLSI design: Use of qubits in logic circuit design

One of the most promising nanotechnologies which can replace the present transistor based CMOS technology is the Qubit (Quantum-Dot) Cellular Automata. The major advantages of this technology are ...
Nature

Low Power Design in CMOS and FinFET Logic Circuits

Low power design has become a cornerstone of modern integrated circuit development, driven by energy efficiency demands and the challenges of scaling in nanometre technologies. Innovations in ...
TechRepublic

Low Power State Retention Technique for CMOS VLSI Design

Mobile computing and mobile communication applications which are powered by battery, the battery life is a major concern. Leakage power dissipation is critical in VLSI circuits as the battery leaks ...
Design-Reuse

Low Power Universal Gates for Approximate Computing

Density and speed of IC’s have increased exponentially for several decades, following a trend described by Moore’s Law. While it is accepted that this exponential improvement trend will end, it is ...
Design-Reuse

Efficient logic optimization utilizing complementary behavior of CMOS gates

Any typical digital design style with CMOS uses complementary pairs of p-type and n-type MOSFETs for logic functions implementation. Naturally, CMOS always ought to provide INVERTED outputs like ...
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 ...
EDN

Driving CMOS totem poles with logic signals, AC coupling, and grounded gates

Despite massive, large-scale integration being ubiquitous in contemporary electronic design, discrete MOSFETs in the classic CMOS totem pole topology are still sometimes indispensable. This makes tips ...