Electronic ratchet: A non-equilibrium, low power switch

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 482-486

  Kabir, Mehdi ^a   Unluer, Dincer ^a   Li, Lijun ^a   Ghosh, Avik W ^a   Stan, Mircea R ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC COMPUTATION; ASYMMETRIC POTENTIAL; CHARGING MECHANISM; CHARGING/DISCHARGING; COMPUTING PARADIGM; CURRENT SOURCES; DRAIN BIAS; DRIFT-DIFFUSION PROCESS; DRIVING CURRENT; LOAD CAPACITORS; LOW POWER; NON EQUILIBRIUM; RATCHET DEVICES; REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; TIME VARYING; TIMING CONSTRAINTS; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED;

ELECTRIC CHARGE; LOGIC CIRCUITS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

DRAIN CURRENT;

EID: 84858995956     PISSN: 19449399     EISSN: 19449380     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2011.6144610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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