An Energy-Efficient Full Adder Cell Using CNFET Technology

Mohammad Reza RESHADINEZHAD  Mohammad Hossein MOAIYERI  Kaivan NAVI 

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics  Vol.E95-C  No.4  pp.744-751
Publication Date: 2012/04/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1353
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Electronic Circuits
Keyword: 
CNFET,  Full adder,  High performance,  low power,  nanotechnology, 

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Summary: 
The reduction in the gate length of the current devices to 65 nm causes their I-V characteristics to depart from the traditional MOSFETs. As a result, manufacturing of new efficient devices in nanoscale is inevitable. The fundamental properties of the metallic and semi-conducting carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) make them alternatives to the conventional silicon-based devices. In this paper an ultra high-speed and energy-efficient full adder is proposed, using Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor (CNFET) in nanoscale. Extensive simulation results using HSPICE are reported to show that the proposed adder consumes lower power, and is faster compared to the previous adders.