Title :
Elementary Aspects for Circuit Implementation of Reconfigurable Nanowire Transistors
Author :
Trommer, Jens ; Heinzig, Andre ; Slesazeck, Stefan ; Mikolajick, Thomas ; Weber, Walter M.
Author_Institution :
Namlab gGmbH, Dresden, Germany
Abstract :
A feasibility and performance study of electrically reconfigurable nanowire transistors with selectable pFET and nFET operations is presented. The challenges toward circuit implementation are evaluated based on transient simulations of logic circuits. A novel physical structure capable of computing a NAND as well as NOR function is introduced. The new approach provides a flexible platform to develop and test fine-grain reconfigurable circuits and systems.
Keywords :
field effect transistors; logic circuits; logic gates; nanoelectronics; nanowires; NAND function; NOR function; electrically reconfigurable nanowire transistors; fine-grain reconfigurable circuit testing; logic circuits; nFET; pFET; physical structure; transient simulations; Integrated circuit modeling; Inverters; Logic gates; Performance evaluation; Silicon; Transient analysis; Transistors; RFET; Silicon nanowire; inverter; logic gates; reconfigurable transistor; transient simulations;
Journal_Title :
Electron Device Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LED.2013.2290555
