Integration of nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays with silicon CMOS with functional CMOS-NEM circuit

S Chong, B Lee, KB Parizi, J Provine… - 2011 International …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper demonstrates electrical results of an integrated Si CMOS-electrostatically
actuated nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relay circuit. This is an initial step towards realizing …

Integration of nanoelectromechanical relays with silicon nMOS

S Chong, B Lee, S Mitra, RT Howe… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electrostatically actuated nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays are integrated with silicon
nMOS devices. An nMOSFET successfully drives a NEM relay with the MOSFET serving as a …

Design considerations for complementary nanoelectromechanical logic gates

K Akarvardar, D Elata, R Parsa, GC Wan… - 2007 IEEE …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The operation and performance of complementary nanoelectromechanical (CNEM) logic
gates are investigated. NEMS structures featuring dimensions 2 to 3 orders of magnitude …

Nanoelectromechanical relays with decoupled electrode and suspension

R Parsa, M Shavezipur, WS Lee… - 2011 IEEE 24th …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on the modeling, fabrication, and testing of cantilever-and parallel plate-
based laterally actuated platinum-coated polysilicon nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays …

Laterally actuated platinum-coated polysilicon NEM relays

R Parsa, WS Lee, M Shavezipur… - Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Laterally actuated polycrystalline silicon nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays with
enhanced electrical properties are presented. Due to surface oxidation of polysilicon in room …

Energy and latency optimization in NEM relay-based digital circuits

S Rana, T Qin, A Bazigos, D Grogg… - … on Circuits and …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Digital circuits based on nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays hold out the potential of
providing an energy efficiency unachievable by conventional CMOS technology. This paper …

Integrated 4-terminal single-contact nanoelectromechanical relays implemented in a silicon-on-insulator foundry process

Y Li, E Worsey, SJ Bleiker, P Edinger, MK Kulsreshath… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Integrated nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays can be used instead of transistors to
implement ultra-low power logic circuits, due to their abrupt turn off characteristics and zero …

Nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays integrated with CMOS SRAM for improved stability and low leakage

S Chong, K Akarvardar, R Parsa, JB Yoon… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - dl.acm.org
We present a hybrid nanoelectromechanical (NEM)/CMOS static random access memory
(SRAM) cell, in which the two pull-down transistors of a conventional CMOS six transistor …

Design and analysis of hybrid NEMS-CMOS circuits for ultra low-power applications

HF Dadgour, K Banerjee - Proceedings of the 44th annual Design …, 2007 - dl.acm.org
Integration of nano-electro-mechanical switches (NEMS) with CMOS technology has been
proposed to exploit both near zero-leakage characteristics of NEMS devices along with high …

Titanium nitride sidewall stringer process for lateral nanoelectromechanical relays

D Lee, WS Lee, J Provine, JO Lee… - 2010 IEEE 23rd …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on lateral nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays based on variations of a
two-or three-mask titanium nitride (TiN) sidewall stringer process. Electrically isolated TiN …