Logic Gates Design and Simulation Using Spatial Wavefunction Switched (SWS) FETs

Abstract

This paper presents the design and modeling of logic gates using two channel spatial wavefunction switched field-effect transistors (SWSFETs) it is also known as a twin-drain MOSFET. In SWSFETs, the channel between source and drain has two or more quantum wells (QWs) layers separated by a high band gap material between them. The gate voltage controls the charge carrier concentration in the two quantum wells layers and it causes the switching of charge carriers from one channel to other channel of the device. The first part of this paper shows the characteristics of n-channel SWSFET model, the second part provides the circuit topology for the SWSFET inverter and universal gates- NAND, AND, NOR,OR, XOR and XOR. The proposed model is based on integration between Berkeley Short-channel IGFET Model (BSIM) and Analog Behavioral Model (ABM), the model is suitable to investigate the gates configuration and transient analysis at circuit level. The results show that all basic two-input logic gates can be implanted by using n-channel SWSFET only, It covers less area compared with CMOS (Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor) gates. The NAND-NOR can be performed by three SWSFET, moreover the exclusive-NOR “XNOR” can be done by four SWSFET transistors also AND, OR, XOR gates require two additional SWSFET for inverting.