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 ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Vertically stacked, low-voltage organic ternary logic circuits including nonvolatile floating-gate memory transistors

Researchers demonstrate “a low-voltage organic ternary logic circuit, in which the organic HTR was vertically integrated with the organic nonvolatile flash memory.” “Multi-valued logic (MVL) circuits ...
Nanowerk

Trapping molecules turns carbon nanotubes into three-state transistors

Confined molecules inside carbon nanotubes polarize under gate voltage, creating transistors with three stable logic states from a single material system. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Squeeze a molecule into ...
Nature

Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor Circuit Design

Carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs) exploit the exceptional electrical characteristics of single-walled carbon nanotubes to create transistors with adjustable threshold voltages, high ...
EurekAlert!

Mixed-dimensional transistors enable high-performance multifunctional electronic devices

Downscaling of electronic devices, such as transistors, has reached a plateau, posing challenges for semiconductor fabrication. However, a research team led by materials scientists from City ...
WRAL

Tom Snyder: Ternary systems promises energy savings to power the future of AI computation

Last year, I wrote about the massive energy costs of AI and General Purpose Transformers like ChatGPT. The AI capabilities are amazing, but the energy and environmental cost is concerning. To ...