The interest in implementing energy-efficient digital circuits using micro and
nanoelectromechanical resonator technology has increased significantly over the last
decade given their lower energy consumption in comparison to complementary metal
oxide-semiconductor circuits. In this thesis, multiple circuit designs based on micro and
nanoelectromechanical beam resonators are presented. These circuits include a nano
resonator-based flash style analog-to-digital converter, a 4-bit digital-to-analog
converter, and a micro-resonator-based 7:3 counter, all among the key building blocks
of a microcomputing system. Simulations and experimental results were obtained for all
circuits. In general, the proposed circuits based on nanoelectromechanical resonators
show up to 90% reduction in energy consumption compared to their complementary
metal-oxide-semiconductor counterparts in MHz operation speeds, fulfilling
requirements for many applications such as Internet of Things and biomedical devices.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:kaust.edu.sa/oai:repository.kaust.edu.sa:10754/660269 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | zou, xuecui |
| Contributors | Fariborzi, Hossein, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, Fariborzi, Hossein, Younis, Mohammad I., Alouini, Mohamed-Slim |
| Source Sets | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | 2020-11-25, At the time of archiving, the student author of this thesis opted to temporarily restrict access to it. The full text of this thesis will become available to the public after the expiration of the embargo on 2020-11-25. |
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