Sub-50 mV NEM relay operation enabled by self-assembled molecular coating

B Osoba, B Saha, L Dougherty… - 2016 IEEE …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sub-50 mV operation of nano-electro-mechanical relays is demonstrated for the first time,
enabled by an anti-stiction molecular coating. Specifically, a self-assembled monolayer of …

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 …

Adjusting the operating voltage of an nanoelectromechanical relay using negative capacitance

K Choe, C Shin - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The operating voltage of a nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relay can be scaled down
significantly using negative capacitance (NC), which is a unique property of ferroelectric …

Beyond cmos

S Das, A Chen, M Marinella - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dimensional and functional scaling 1 1 Functional Scaling: Suppose that a system has been
realized to execute a specific function in a given, currently available, technology. We say that …

MEMS logic using mixed-frequency excitation

S Ilyas, N Jaber, MI Younis - Journal of Microelectromechanical …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present multi-function microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) logic device that can
perform the fundamental logic gate AND, OR, universal logic gates NAND, NOR, and a …

Variability study for low-voltage microelectromechanical relay operation

B Osoba, B Saha, SF Almeida, J Patil… - … on Electron Devices, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Body-biased microelectromechanical relays previously have been developed for ultralow-
power digital logic applications and demonstrated to reliably switch ON/OFF with sub-50-mV …

Study of MEM relay contact design and body-bias effects on on-state resistance stability

B Osoba, SF Almeida, U Sikder, ZA Ye… - Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Body-biased micro-electro-mechanical (MEM) relays previously have been demonstrated to
be a promising alternative to transistors for ultra-low voltage digital logic applications. A …

Depolarization Field Engineered Ferroelectric Mechanical Transistor with 0.3-Volts VDD

M Cui, J Zhou, S Zheng, N Liu, J Liang… - IEEE Electron …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a novel technology called depolarization field engineered ferroelectric
mechanical transistor (Fe-MT), which achieves an exceptionally low operating voltage (of …

Design optimization for NEM relays implemented in BEOL layers

U Sikder, TJK Liu - 2017 IEEE SOI-3D-Subthreshold …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work discusses design considerations for a nano-electro-mechanical (NEM) relay
implemented with a standard CMOS fabrication process utilizing the back-end-of-line …

Experimental Demonstration of Coupled Sub-Harmonic Injection Locked Oscillation in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Relays

X Hu, LP Tatum, SF Almeida, TK Esatu… - IEEE Electron Device …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The voltage dependence of DC-driven self-sustaining oscillation behavior of a micro-electro-
mechanical (MEM) relay makes it possible to influence the phase of oscillation by coupling …