Title :
RTD–CMOS Pipelined Networks for Reduced Power Consumption
Author :
Juan Núñez;María J. Avedillo;José M. Quintana
Author_Institution :
Instituto de Microelectró
Abstract :
The incorporation of resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs) into III/V transistor technologies has shown an improved circuit performance, producing higher circuit speed, reduced component count, and/or lower power consumption. Currently, the incorporation of these devices into CMOS technologies (RTD-CMOS) is an area of active research. Although some studies have concentrated on evaluating the advantages of this incorporation, more work in this direction is required. In this letter, we compare RTD-CMOS and pure CMOS realizations of a logic gate network which can be operated in a gate-level pipeline. Significantly lower average power is obtained for RTD-CMOS implementations.
Keywords :
"Logic gates","CMOS integrated circuits","Mobile communication","Transistors","Inverters","CMOS technology","Nanoscale devices"
Journal_Title :
IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
DOI :
10.1109/TNANO.2011.2157518