Title :
Perfectly Complementary Relay Design for Digital Logic Applications
Author :
Jeon, Jaeseok ; Pott, Vincent ; Kam, Hei ; Nathanael, Rhesa ; Alon, Elad ; Liu, Tsu-Jae King
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
fDate :
4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A dual-ended (??seesaw??) relay design is proposed for ultralow-power digital logic applications. Fabricated seesaw relays demonstrate a perfectly complementary switching behavior that is symmetric about V DD/2, with extremely steep switching behavior (< 0.1 mV/dec) and low on -state resistance (< 1 k??). The perfectly complementary and symmetric operation provides for maximum operating voltage margin and minimal crowbar current, as evidenced by an abrupt inverter voltage transfer characteristic.
Keywords :
logic circuits; microrelays; complementary relay design; complementary switching; crowbar current; dual-ended relay design; inverter voltage transfer characteristic; operating voltage margin; seesaw relay fabrication; ultralow-power digital logic applications; Complementary logic; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS); relay;
Journal_Title :
Electron Device Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LED.2009.2039916
