Title :
Power dissipation in nanomagnetic logic devices
Author :
Csaba, G. ; Lugli, P. ; Porod, W.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Nanoelectron., Tech. Univ. of Munich, Germany
Abstract :
We investigate power dissipation phenomena in individual and coupled nanoscale magnets using micromagnetic simulations. We demonstrate that nanomagnet dots pumped with slowly varying external fields can dissipate as small as a few-ten millielectronvolts of energy per switching. This makes coupled nanomagnets promising candidates for realizing low-power computing devices.
Keywords :
logic devices; low-power electronics; magnetic devices; magnetic logic; magnetic switching; magnets; micromagnetics; nanoelectronics; coupled nanoscale magnets; low power computing devices; magnetic switching; micromagnetic simulation; nanomagnet dots pumping; nanomagnetic logic devices; power dissipation; Logic devices; Magnetic devices; Magnetic domain walls; Magnetic domains; Magnetic hysteresis; Magnetization; Magnets; Micromagnetics; Nanoscale devices; Power dissipation;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology, 2004. 4th IEEE Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8536-5
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2004.1392346