EE Herald

Advanced VLSI design: Use of qubits in logic circuit design

One of the most promising nanotechnologies which can replace the present transistor based CMOS technology is the Qubit (Quantum-Dot) Cellular Automata. The major advantages of this technology are ...
Electronic Design

Layout-Dependent Modeling Boosts CMOS Gate Density

A layout-dependent circuit-design model from Toshiba helps boost gate density and improve cost-performance in next-generation 45-nm CMOS technology. More specifically, 45-nm CMOS gate density can be 2 ...
Nature

Current-Mode Logic and Low-Power CMOS Technology

Current-Mode Logic (CML) and low-power Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) technology continue to drive significant advances in digital circuit design, particularly in high-speed and energy ...
Electronic Design

It’s Hot, Powering, And Burning CMOS Logic Circuits

Fig 1. A typical CMOS input circuit comprises a “P” and “N” transistor. One is fully “on” for logic high, and the other is “on” for a logic low. Fig 2. When a CMOS input pin is at logic high or low ...
EDN

Driving CMOS totem poles with logic signals, AC coupling, and grounded gates

Despite massive, large-scale integration being ubiquitous in contemporary electronic design, discrete MOSFETs in the classic CMOS totem pole topology are still sometimes indispensable. This makes tips ...