Design-Reuse

Efficient logic optimization utilizing complementary behavior of CMOS gates

Any typical digital design style with CMOS uses complementary pairs of p-type and n-type MOSFETs for logic functions implementation. Naturally, CMOS always ought to provide INVERTED outputs like ...
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 ...
Nature

Low Power Design in CMOS and FinFET Logic Circuits

Low power design has become a cornerstone of modern integrated circuit development, driven by energy efficiency demands and the challenges of scaling in nanometre technologies. Innovations in ...
EDN

Using CMOS and BiCMOS Logic Devices

As general purpose components, logic devices are used at different frequencies and power supply voltages in many different varieties of applications. This large diversity has produced the need to ...
EDN

Power dissipation in portables: Design considerations using low-power CMOS ICs

When a CMOS circuit is in an idle state there is still some static power dissipation–a result of leakage current through nominally off transistors. Both nMOS and pMOS transistors used in CMOS logic ...
Electronic Design

Design Crystal Oscillators With CMOS Gates

Using CMOS Gates to create crystal oscillators is cost-effective and gives the designer more control over the parameters. To view the application note, click on the URL below. Circuit selected for www ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Applying a Floating Gate Field Effect Transistor To A Logic-in-Memory Application Circuit Design

A technical paper titled “Analysis of Logic-in-Memory Full Adder Circuit With Floating Gate Field Effect Transistor (FGFET)” was published by researchers at Konkuk University, Korea National ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

COMP_ENG 203: Intro to Computer Engineering

Overview of computer engineering design. Number systems and Boolean algebra. Logic gates. Design of combinational circuits and simplification. Decoders, multiplexors, adders. Sequential logic and flip ...
Design-Reuse

Low Power Universal Gates for Approximate Computing

Density and speed of IC’s have increased exponentially for several decades, following a trend described by Moore’s Law. While it is accepted that this exponential improvement trend will end, it is ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Non-Traditional Design of Dynamic Logic Gates and Circuits with FDSOI FETs

A new technical paper titled “Non-Traditional Design of Dynamic Logics using FDSOI for Ultra-Efficient Computing” was published by researchers at University of Stuttgart, UC Berkeley, Indian Institute ...
Elektor Magazine

Circuit: Stepper Motor Generator

Microcontrollers may dominate today’s stepper motor projects, but there’s a charm in driving them with pure CMOS logic. Try ...