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Apparatus of low power, area efficient FinFET circuits and method for implementing the same

US7795907B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 2009
Grant dateSep 14, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K2217/0018
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A novel implementation of a majority gate and a 2-1 MUX by using both gates of FinFET transistors as inputs is presented. A general methodology of using both gates of FinFET as inputs to implement any digital logic circuit is also presented. Circuits implemented using this methodology have significant advantages over CMOS logic counterpart and pass transistor logic counterpart in terms of power consumption and cell area.

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