Title :
Self-latching operation limits for MOBILE circuits
Author :
Quintana, José M. ; Avedillo, María J. ; Pettenghi, Héctor
Author_Institution :
Instituto de Microelectron. de Sevilla, Centro Nacional de Microelectron., Sevilla
Abstract :
One of the most attractive features of MOBILE-based circuits is their self-latching operation, which allows pipelining at the gate level, and thus very high through-output, without any area overhead associated to the addition of the latches. However, the self-latching behavior is not inherent to the practical circuit topologies employed to implement MOBILE circuits. This paper reports on very simple MOBILE structures supporting this statement. The analysis performed allows extracting design guidelines to guarantee the required behavior
Keywords :
flip-flops; logic design; logic gates; resonant tunnelling diodes; MOBILE circuits; circuit topologies; gate level; latches; resonant tunnel diode; self-latching operation; Circuit topology; Diodes; Guidelines; Latches; Pipeline processing; Resonant tunneling devices; Switches; Switching circuits; Temperature; Voltage; MOBILE; Resonant Tunnel Diode; Self-latching;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2006. ISCAS 2006. Proceedings. 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Island of Kos
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9389-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1693649
