Multi-gate in-plane actuated NEMS relays for effective complementary logic gate designs

B Smith, MA Mamun, B Horstmann… - Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nano electro-mechanical systems (NEMS) based combinational logic circuits have garnered
attention as possible replacements for electronic logic systems in safety critical …

Sub-100 mV computing with electro-mechanical relays

C Qian, A Peschot, B Osoba, ZA Ye… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The energy efficiency of a CMOS digital logic circuit is fundamentally limited by the nonideal
switching behavior of transistors, specifically their nonzero off-state current and finite …

Vertical NV-NEM switches in CMOS back-end-of-line: First experimental demonstration and array programming scheme

U Sikder, LP Tatum, TT Yen… - 2020 IEEE International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Metallic interconnect layers in a standard 65 nm CMOS back-end-of-line (BEOL) process are
leveraged to form vertically oriented non-volatile (NV) nano-electromechanical (NEM) …

Effect of body biasing on the energy-delay performance of logic relays

C Qian, A Peschot, IR Chen, Y Chen… - IEEE Electron Device …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The effect of the body bias voltage on logic relay performance is investigated. The switching
hysteresis voltage, which sets a lower limit for the relay operating voltage, is experimentally …

[HTML][HTML] CMOS-NEMS copper switches monolithically integrated using a 65 nm CMOS technology

JL Muñoz-Gamarra, A Uranga, N Barniol - Micromachines, 2016 - mdpi.com
This work demonstrates the feasibility to obtain copper nanoelectromechanical (NEMS)
relays using a commercial complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology …

A monolithically integrated torsional CMOS-MEMS relay

M Riverola, G Sobreviela, F Torres… - Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We report experimental demonstrations of a torsional microelectromechanical (MEM) relay
fabricated using the CMOS-MEMS approach (or intra-CMOS) which exploits the full foundry …

Design technology co-optimization for back-end-of-line nonvolatile NEM switch arrays

LP Tatum, U Sikder, TJK Liu - IEEE Transactions on Electron …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Design tradeoffs for vertically oriented nonvolatile (NV) nano-electro-mechanical (NEM)
switches implemented using multiple interconnect layers in a 5-nm-generation CMOS back …

Low-energy complementary ferroelectric-nanocrack logic

Z Guo, Q Luo, H Huang, S Zhang, X Shi, F Sun, Y Ji… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Ferroelectric-based electronic devices have excellent low-energy characteristics due to the
highly insulating property, in which the Joule heating can be neglected. The recent …

Heterogeneous CMOS-MEMS based Boost Converter for 2.4 GHz RF energy Harvester

S Saha, PB Kanyaka, M Lust… - … Conference on VLSI …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Internet of Things (IoT) has experienced a significant growth in last few years. Billions of
battery-powered wireless sensors are expected to be employed as the IoT becomes an …

Efficient 1-V Boost Converter Using Sub-50-mV NEMS Without Body Bias

S Saha, G Saini, MS Baghini, M Goel… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, for the first time, we present the improvement in efficiency in a low-voltage dc–
dc boost converter for the energy-harvesting applications using the experimentally …