Single‐Contact, Four‐Terminal Microelectromechanical Relay for Efficient Digital Logic

JD Reynolds, S Rana, E Worsey, Q Tang… - Advanced Electronic …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Nano and microelectromechanical relays can be used in lieu of transistors to build digital
integrated circuits that can operate with zero leakage current at high operating temperatures …

Theory, design, and characterization of nanoelectromechanical relays for stiction-based non-volatile memory

D Pamunuwa, E Worsey, JD Reynolds… - Journal of …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Diverse areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT), aerospace and industrial electronics
increasingly require non-volatile memory to work under high-temperature, radiation-hard …

Nanoelectromechanical digital logic circuits using curved cantilever switches with amorphous-carbon-coated contacts

CL Ayala, D Grogg, A Bazigos, SJ Bleiker… - Solid-State …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switches have the potential to complement or replace
traditional CMOS transistors in the area of ultra-low-power digital electronics. This paper …

A 6.7 MHz nanoelectromechanical ring oscillator using curved cantilever switches coated with amorphous carbon

CL Ayala, D Grogg, A Bazigos… - 2014 44th European …, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switches have the potential to complement or replace
traditional CMOS transistors in the area of ultra-low power digital electronics. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] A Normalized Model of a Microelectromechanical Relay Calibrated by Laser-Doppler Vibrometry

J Marvin, M Jang, D Contreras, M Spencer - Micromachines, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
This work presents a behavioral model for a microelectromechanical (MEM) relay for use in
circuit simulation. Models require calibration, and other published relay models require over …

Electromechanical design space exploration for electrostatically actuated ohmic switches using extended parallel plate compact model

A Bazigos, CL Ayala, S Rana, D Grogg… - Solid-state …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The nanoscaled electrostatically actuated electromechanical ohmic switch is an emerging
device with advanced performance in terms of I ON/I OFF ratio. It is imperative that compact …

Designing low power and durable digital blocks using shadow nanoelectromechanical relays

S Yazdanshenas, B Khaleghi, P Ienne… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays are a promising emerging technology that has gained
widespread research attention due to its zero leakage current, sharp ON-OFF transitions …

Design methodologies, models and tools for very-large-scale integration of nem relay-based circuits

T Qin, S Rana, D Pamunuwa - 2015 IEEE/ACM International …, 2015‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrated circuits based on nano-electro-mechanical (NEM) relays are a promising
alternative to conventional CMOS technology in ultra-low energy applications due to their …

Ultra-low-energy adiabatic dynamic logic circuits using nanoelectromechanical switches

CL Ayala, A Bazigos, D Grogg, Y Pu… - … on Circuits and …, 2015‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switches have the unique property of virtually zero leakage
current, making it an appealing candidate for implementing dynamic logic circuits. However …

Capacitive Adiabatic Logic based on gap-closing MEMS devices

A Galisultanov, Y Perrin, H Samaali… - … on Power and …, 2017‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the energy analysis of capacitive adiabatic logic (CAL) based on gap-
closing MEMS devices. CAL uses variable capacitance components instead of transistor …