DocumentCode
20936
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
Volume
35
Issue
1
fYear
2014
fDate
Jan. 2014
Firstpage
141
Lastpage
143
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electron Device Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0741-3106
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LED.2013.2290555
Filename
6681900
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