EDN

Power dissipation in portables: Design considerations using low-power CMOS ICs

When a CMOS circuit is in an idle state there is still some static power dissipation–a result of leakage current through nominally off transistors. Both nMOS and pMOS transistors used in CMOS logic ...
Nanowerk

CMOS Technology Explained

Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) technology is a vital part of modern electronics, used in designing and manufacturing integrated circuits (ICs) that power many digital devices. CMOS ...
NextBigFuture

Breakthrough Pseudo CMOS Transistors for 1000 Times More Efficient Computing

As transistors are scaled to smaller dimensions, their static power increases. Combining two-dimensional (2D) channel materials with complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) logic architectures ...
EDN

Silicon On Insulator CMOS Technology and New Structure Achieves Faster Operation

Renesas Technology Corp. has announced the development of an SOI (Silicon On Insulator) CMOS device technology with a new structure that achieves faster operation while reducing the operating voltage, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Fully CMOS-compatible Ternary Inverter with a Memory Function Using Silicon Feedback Field-Effect Transistors (FBFETs)

New technical paper titled “New ternary inverter with memory function using silicon feedback field-effect transistors” was published from researchers at Korea University. In this study, we present a ...
Design-Reuse

Fujitsu Laboratories Develops World's First CMOS-based Power Amplifier Operating at 77GHz

Tokyo, Japan -- Feb 4, 2008 -- Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd. today announced the development of a millimeter-waveband power amplifier (PA) using standard 90nm CMOS process technology. Targeting ...
Electronic Design

Understanding Low-Power IC Design Techniques

Low-power IC design techniques have been around for quite a while. They weren’t always required, though they were nice to have. The rapid growth of the consumer market for battery-powered devices has ...