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ArticleKAUST Department
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) DivisionMechanical Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2016-03-29Online Publication Date
2016-03-29Print Publication Date
2016-09Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/603948
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In modern computing, the Boolean logic operations are set by interconnect schemes between the transistors. As the miniaturization in the component level to enhance the computational power is rapidly approaching physical limits, alternative computing methods are vigorously pursued. One of the desired aspects in the future computing approaches is the provision for hardware reconfigurability at run time to allow enhanced functionality. Here we demonstrate a reprogrammable logic device based on the electrothermal frequency modulation scheme of a single microelectromechanical resonator, capable of performing all the fundamental 2-bit logic functions as well as n-bit logic operations. Logic functions are performed by actively tuning the linear resonance frequency of the resonator operated at room temperature and under modest vacuum conditions, reprogrammable by the a.c.-driving frequency. The device is fabricated using complementary metal oxide semiconductor compatible mass fabrication process, suitable for on-chip integration, and promises an alternative electromechanical computing scheme.Citation
Microelectromechanical reprogrammable logic device 2016, 7:11137 Nature CommunicationsSponsors
We acknowledge Ulrich Buttner, EMPIRe Lab at KAUST for helping with laser cutting the chips. This research has been funded by KAUST.Publisher
Springer NatureJournal
Nature CommunicationsPubMed ID
27021295Additional Links
http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/ncomms11137ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1038/ncomms11137
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