DocumentCode
3607136
Title
Voltage mirror circuit by carbon nanotube field effect transistors for mirroring dynamic random access memories in multiple-valued logic and fuzzy logic
Author
Jasemi, Masoomeh ; Faghih Mirzaee, Reza ; Navi, Keivan ; Bagherzadeh, Nader
Author_Institution
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Inst. for Res. in Fundamental Sci. (IPM), Tehran, Iran
Volume
9
Issue
5
fYear
2015
Firstpage
343
Lastpage
352
Abstract
In this paper, a new voltage mirror circuit by using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) technology is presented. This circuit is specifically proposed for the application of duplicating multiple-valued and fuzzy dynamic random access memories. The given structure prevents any voltage drop for the capacitor inside the memory cell. As a result, any fanout circuit can be driven. The new structure can be utilised for different multiple-valued logic systems without a change. The unique characteristics of carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNFET) technology are exploited in this paper to meet the desired design goals. It demonstrates the potentials of CNFET technology in a realistic very large-scale integration application. The proposed design is highly tolerant to DCNT variation and it is also immune to misaligned CNTs. Simulation results demonstrate that it provides sufficient driving capability with reasonable accuracy.
Keywords
DRAM chips; VLSI; carbon nanotube field effect transistors; fuzzy logic; multivalued logic; C; carbon nanotube field effect transistors; dynamic random access memories; fanout circuit; fuzzy logic; multiple-valued logic; very large-scale integration application; voltage mirror circuit;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Circuits, Devices Systems, IET
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1751-858X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/iet-cds.2014.0295
Filename
7279049
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