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Novel Library of Logic Gates with Ambipolar CNTFETs: Opportunities for Multi-Level Logic Synthesis

Ben Jamaa, Haykel
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Mohanram, Kartik
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De Micheli, Giovanni  
2009
Proceedings of the Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE 2009)
Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE 2009)

This paper exploits the unique in-field controllability of the device polarity of ambipolar carbon nanotube field effect transistors (CNTFETs) to design a technology library with higher expressive power than conventional CMOS libraries. Based on generalized NOR-NAND-AOI-OAI primitives, the proposed library of static ambipolar CNTFET gates efficiently implements XOR functions, provides full-swing outputs, and is extensible to alternate forms with area-performance tradeoffs. Since the design of the gates can be regularized, the ability to functionalize them in-field opens opportunities for novel regular fabrics based on ambipolar CNTFETs. Technology mapping of several multi-level logic benchmarks — including multipliers, adders, and linear circuits — indicates that on average, it is possible to reduce both the number of gates and area by ∼ 38% while also improving performance by 6.9×.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/DATE.2009.5090742
Web of Science ID

WOS:000273246700113

Author(s)
Ben Jamaa, Haykel
Mohanram, Kartik
De Micheli, Giovanni  
Date Issued

2009

Published in
Proceedings of the Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE 2009)
Start page

622

End page

627

Subjects

Carbon Nanotubes

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Event nameEvent placeEvent date
Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE 2009)

Nice, France

April 20-14, 2009

Available on Infoscience
September 22, 2009
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/42777
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