CA2570306A1 - Tri-state circuit using nanotube switching elements - Google Patents

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CA2570306A1
CA2570306A1 CA002570306A CA2570306A CA2570306A1 CA 2570306 A1 CA2570306 A1 CA 2570306A1 CA 002570306 A CA002570306 A CA 002570306A CA 2570306 A CA2570306 A CA 2570306A CA 2570306 A1 CA2570306 A1 CA 2570306A1
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Abstract

Nano-tube based logic circuitry is disclosed. Tri-stating elements (52, 56, 62, 66) add an enable/disable function to the circuitry. Tri- stating elements (52, 56, 62, 66) may be provided by nano-tube based switching devices (52, 56, 62, 66 ). In the disabled state, the outputs present a high impedance ie, are tristated, which state allows interconnection to a common bus or other shared communication lines. In embodiments wherein the components are non-volatile (52, 56, 62, 66), the inverter state and the control state are maintained in the absence of power. Such an inverter (20, 30) may be used in conjunction with and in the absence of diodes, resistors and transistors or as part of or as a replacement to CMOS, biCMOs, bipolar and other transistor level technologies.

Claims (19)

1. A tri-state logic circuit, comprising:
an input terminal for receiving an input signal;
an output terminal for providing an output signal;
a pull-up network for connecting the output terminal to an upper power supply voltage, responsive to the input signal;
a first tri-stating nanotube switching element electrically connected in the signal path between said upper power supply voltage and said output terminal;
a pull-down network for connecting the output terminal to a lower power supply voltage, responsive to the input signal;
a second tri-stating nanotube switching element electrically connected in the signal path between said lower power supply voltage and said output terminal;
wherein said first and second nanotube switching elements are activated and deactivated responsive to a tri-state control signal and said output terminal is tri-stated when said first and second nanotube switching elements are not activated.
2. The circuit of claim 1, wherein the circuit implements a Boolean function.
3. The circuit of claim 2, wherein the circuit implements an inverting function.
4. The circuit of claim 1, wherein the pull-up network and the pull-down network are constructed of nanotube switching elements.
5. The circuit of claim 1, wherein the first and second tri-stating nanotube switching elements are volatile.
6. The circuit of claim 1, wherein the first and second tri-stating nanotube switching elements are non-volatile.
7. The circuit of claim 1, wherein the first and second tri-stating nanotube switching elements are four-terminal devices.
8. A tri-state logic circuit, comprising:

an input terminal for receiving an input signal;
an output terminal for providing an output signal;
a network of nanotube switching elements connected between said input terminal and said output terminal and implementing a Boolean transformation of said input signal to generate said output signal; and a tri-stating nanotube switching element connected to said network, activated by a tri-state control signal, and arranged so that the output terminal is tri-stated when said tri-stating nanotube switching element is not activated.
9. The circuit of claim 8, wherein the nanotube switching elements in said network are volatile.
10. The circuit of claim 8, wherein the nanotube switching elements in said network are non-volatile.
11. The circuit of claim 8, wherein said tri-stating nanotube switching element is volatile.
12. The circuit of claim 8, wherein said tri-stating nanotube switching element is non-volatile.
13. The circuit of claim 8, wherein said tri-stating nanotube switching element is a four-terminal device.
14. An inverter circuit, comprising:

a dual-rail differential input, for receiving a first input signal and a first complementary input signal;

a dual-rail differential output, for providing a first output signal and a first complementary output signal;
a first inverter for inverting said first input signal to generate said first output signal;
a first tri-stating nanotube switching element pair connected to said first inverter;
a second inverter for inverting said first complementary input signal to generate said first complementary output signal;
a second tri-stating nanotube switching element pair connected to said second inverter; and a dual-rail differential control input, for receiving a first control input signal and a first complementary control input signal provided to cooperatively activate and deactivate the first tri-stating element pair and the second tri-stating element pair, wherein the dual-rail differential output is in a floating state when the first tri-stating element pair and the second tri-stating element pair are deactivated.
15. The inverter of claim 14, wherein the first inverter and the second inverter are constructed from nanotube switching elements.
16. The inverter of claim 15, wherein the nanotube switching elements of the first inverter and the second inverter are volatile.
17. The inverter of claim 15, wherein the nanotube switching elements of the first inverter and the second inverter are non-volatile.
18. The inverter of claim 14, wherein the nanotube switching elements of the first and second tri-stating element pairs are volatile.
19. The inverter of claim 14, wherein the nanotube switching elements of the first and second tri-stating element pairs are non-volatile.
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