A single-electron-transistor-based analog/digital converter

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 487-490

  Hu, C H ^a   Jiang, J F ^a   Cai, Q Y ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analog digital conversion; Character generation; Circuit simulation; Electrons; Hysteresis; Inverters; Low voltage; Switches

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRONS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GROUP THEORY; HYSTERESIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SWITCHES; TRANSIENTS;

BASIC FUNCTIONS; CAPACITIVE DIVIDERS; CHARACTER GENERATION; DIGITAL CONVERSION; LITERAL GATES; LOW VOLTAGES; ORTHODOX THEORY; PERIODIC OSCILLATION;

SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84948953597     PISSN: 19449399     EISSN: 19449380     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2002.1032294     Document Type: Conference Paper

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