Application of Molecular Electronics Devices in Digital Circuit Design

Ci Lei; Dinesh Pamunuwa; Steven Bailey; Colin Lambert

Nano-Net. Third International ICST Conference, NanoNet 2008, Boston, MA, USA, September 14-16, 2008, Revised Selected Papers

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Application of Molecular Electronics Devices in Digital Circuit Design

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-02427-6_12,
    author={Ci Lei and Dinesh Pamunuwa and Steven Bailey and Colin Lambert},
    title={Application of Molecular Electronics Devices in Digital Circuit Design},
    proceedings={Nano-Net. Third International ICST Conference, NanoNet 2008, Boston, MA, USA, September 14-16, 2008, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={NANO-NET},
    year={2012},
    month={5},
    keywords={molecular electronics circuit simulation nanotechnology},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-02427-6_12}
}

Ci Lei
Dinesh Pamunuwa
Steven Bailey
Colin Lambert
Year: 2012
Application of Molecular Electronics Devices in Digital Circuit Design
NANO-NET
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02427-6_12

Ci Lei¹^,*, Dinesh Pamunuwa¹, Steven Bailey¹, Colin Lambert¹

1: Lancaster University

*Contact email: c.lei@lancaster.ac.uk

Abstract

The Breit-Wigner resonance formula is used to model a class of molecular electronic devices, in order to establish an abstract model for exploration of their applicability in future nanoelectronic systems. The model is used to characterize molecular device I-V curves in terms of the coupling between the molecule and the leads, and demonstrate digital circuit functionality. Circuit metrics such as noise margin, speed and power are investigated.

Keywords: molecular electronics circuit simulation nanotechnology

Published: 2012-05-09

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02427-6_12