Title :
NEM relay design for compact, ultra-low-power digital logic circuits
Author :
Tsu-Jae King Liu ; Nuo Xu ; I-Ru Chen ; Chuang Qian ; Jun Fujiki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
Since mechanical switches (relays) have zero off-state leakage and perfectly abrupt ON/OFF switching behavior, in principle they can be operated with a very small voltage swing and overcome the energy efficiency limit of CMOS technology. This paper discusses recent developments to address the remaining technical challenges for fully realizing the promise of ultra-low-power mechanical computing.
Keywords :
CMOS logic circuits; energy conservation; low-power electronics; microrelays; nanoelectromechanical devices; CMOS technology; NEM relay design; ON-OFF switching behavior; energy efficiency; mechanical switches; nanoelectro-mechanical switch; ultra low power digital logic circuits; ultra-low-power mechanical computing; voltage swing; zero off-state leakage; CMOS integrated circuits; Contacts; Electrodes; Force; Relays; Switches; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2014 IEEE International
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.2014.7047042
