Title :
Design and Evaluation of a Differential Switching Gate for Low-Voltage Applications
Author :
Natsui, Masanori ; Kashiuchi, K. ; Hanyu, Takahiro
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
A new basic switching gate based on differential logic is proposed for implementing high-performance low-voltage VLSI. Differential switching gate operates in current domain and output voltage swing can be determined independent of supply voltage, which leads to a high frequency operation even if in a lower-supply-voltage condition. Moreover, the use of a modified pMOS load further improves the transient characteristic of the switching gate. Through an evaluation of a differential logic-based combinational circuit, a potential capability of the differential switching gate is demonstrated.
Keywords :
VLSI; combinational circuits; integrated circuit design; logic design; logic gates; low-power electronics; power supply circuits; VLSI; combinational circuit; differential logic gate; differential switching gate; low-voltage application; lower-supply-voltage condition; output voltage swing; pMOS load; transient characteristic; CMOS integrated circuits; Inverters; Logic gates; Power dissipation; Switches; Switching circuits; Very large scale integration; bulk-drain connection; differential logic; low-voltage circuit; propagation delay;
Conference_Titel :
Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), 2013 IEEE 43rd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toyama
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6067-8
Electronic_ISBN :
0195-623X
DOI :
10.1109/ISMVL.2013.23
