Multiple-valued inverter using a single-electron-tunneling circuit

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E82-C, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1607-1614

  Akazawa, Masamichi ^a   Kanaami, Kentarou ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a   Amemiya, Yoshihito ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coulomb blockade; Multiple valued; SET; Single electron

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MANY VALUED LOGICS; RELIABILITY; TRANSISTORS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

COULOMB BLOCKADE; MULTIPLE VALUED INVERTERS; QUANTIZING CIRCUIT; SINGLE ELECTRON TUNNELING CIRCUIT;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 0033337792     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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