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2017-06-22Online Publication Date
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We present multi-function microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) logic device that can perform the fundamental logic gate AND, OR, universal logic gates NAND, NOR, and a tristate logic gate using mixed-frequency excitation. The concept is based on exciting combination resonances due to the mixing of two or more input signals. The device vibrates at two steady states: a high state when the combination resonance is activated and a low state when no resonance is activated. These vibration states are assigned to logical value 1 or 0 to realize the logic gates. Using ac signals to drive the resonator and to execute the logic inputs unifies the input and output wave forms of the logic device, thereby opening the possibility for cascading among logic devices. We found that the energy consumption per cycle of the proposed logic resonator is higher than those of existing technologies. Hence, integration of such logic devices to build complex computational system needs to take into consideration lowering the total energy consumption. [2017-0041]Citation
Ilyas S, Jaber N, Younis MI (2017) MEMS Logic Using Mixed-Frequency Excitation. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 26: 1140–1146. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JMEMS.2017.2712859.Sponsors
The authors would like to thank Dr. Karumbaiah N. Chappanda for his contribution to the project.Additional Links
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7954958/ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1109/JMEMS.2017.2712859