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The greatest potential appHcation for single-electron devices Hes in digital circuits. However, a number of other appHcations exist, including current standards and ultrasensitive electrometers (70,71). SETs are not unique to compound semiconductors, and in fact a great deal of work has been carried out in other material systems, including Al—AlO —A1 tunnel junctions. A review of single-electron phenomena is available (72). 

Due to thermal effects such devices must operate at temperatures well below the electron charging energy of 2C. With state-of-the-art fabrication technology, the capacitance is typically of the order 10 F, which requires temperatures below 1 K. Even with further miniaturisation, it is unlikely that these devices will be feasible at room temperature. Even so, there has been work in modeling this type of device for use in digital circuits (73). 

The control logistics such as PWM or frequency controls tire digital circuits and are microprocessor based. They can comptire the actual inverter output parameters with... 

Production Rules and the Evolution of Digital Circuits 10.3.1 Description of Sample Problem... 

The trend shown toward increasing routing blocks demonstrates that the application of artificial evolution (i.e., a GA) to the problem of finding rules that can grow effective (though not optimal) digital circuits is a real technological possibility. 

This scheme is introduced in [5, 6], It is the first scheme that use the unique characteristics of FPGA to protect digital circuit designs. 

John Lach, William H. Mangione-Smith, and Miodrag Potkonjak. Enhanced Intellectual Property Protection for Digital Circuits on Programmable Hardware , 1999 Information Hiding Workshop, pp. 331-345, Dresden, Germany, September 1999. 213, 214, 215, 219, 221... 

Strukov, D. B. Likharev, K. K. 2005. CMOL FPGA A reconfigurable architecture for hybrid digital circuits with two-terminal nanodevices. Nanotechnology 16 888-900. 

We first demonstrate the switch function of our transistor, namely we show that the system can act like a good heat conductor or an insulator depending on the control temperature. This is illustrated in Fig.lO(b), where we plot JG, Js, and Jd versus Trj. When TG increases from 0.03 to 0.135, both Jd and Js increase. In particular, at three points TG 0.04,0.09 and 0.135, Jd = Js thus JG is exactly zero. These three points correspond to off , semi-on and on states, at which Jd is 2.4 x 10-6,1.2 x 10-4 and 2.3 x 10-4, respectively. The ratio of the heat current at the on state and that at the off state is about 100, hence our model displays one important function - switch -just like the function of a MOSFET used in a digital circuit. 

Ku, D. and De Micheli, G. (1992) Relative scheduling under timing constraints Algorithms for highlevel synthesis of digital circuits. IEEE Trans Comput Aided Des, 11 (6), 696-718. 

When designing digital circuits we are concerned with how different circuit elements affect the operation of the circuit. In this section we will look at switching speed. First, we will look at a basic BJT inverter and observe its operation. Wire the circuit below ... 

The pulse looks correct. Usually waveforms from a digital circuit have edges close together. If we plot both Vin and Vo on the same graph, the two traces may be hard to distinguish. To see both waveforms clearly, we will add a plot. Select Plot and then Add Plot to Window from the Probe menus. A second plot will appear on the same window. Add the trace V (VO) ... 

This dialog box allows us to specify timing and initial conditions for the digital circuits. We are interested in the initial state of the flip-flops. The default initial state for all flip-flops is X (unknown). We wish to set the initial state of all flip-flops to zero. Select an initial state of 0 ... 

When designing digital circuits we are usually concerned with the rise and fall times of the design, given device tolerances. The example given here is for a CMOS inverter, but the procedure used can be applied to any switching circuit with device tolerances. Wire the circuit below ... 

Digital circuits are a key part of virtually every electrical system. The simplicity of l s and 0 s can create the reality of computers, calculators, CD-ROMs, fiberoptic transmissions, digital signal processors, and a host of other new technologies too numerous to mention. 

In this chapter, we will give the simulation user the tools to use these building blocks in order to perform more complex functions. We will also attempt to aid the engineer in recognizing the potential pitfalls of both breadboard digital circuits and simulated digital circuits. 

One interesting result of these simulations is the need for the digital circuits to be initialized. Each of the three simulators was run at different time lengths in order to accommodate this requirement of the simulators. If the initialization is not performed, some of the simulators are not able to determine the initial output state. 

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