Design and demonstration of micro-electro-mechanical relay multipliers

Hossein Fariborzi; Fred Chen; Vladimir Stojanović; Rhesa Nathanael; Jaeseok Jeon; Tsu Jae King Liu

doi:10.1109/ASSCC.2011.6123618

Design and demonstration of micro-electro-mechanical relay multipliers

Hossein Fariborzi^*, Fred Chen, Vladimir Stojanović, Rhesa Nathanael, Jaeseok Jeon, Tsu Jae King Liu

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Abstract

This paper describes the micro-architecture and circuit techniques for building multipliers with micro-electromechanical (MEM) relays. By optimizing the circuits and micro-architecture to suit relay device characteristics, the performance of the relay based multiplier is improved by a factor of ∼8x over any known static CMOS-style implementation, and ∼4x over CMOS pass-gate equivalent implementations. A 16-bit relay multiplier is shown to offer ∼10x lower energy per operation at sub-10 MOPS throughputs when compared to an optimized CMOS multiplier at an equivalent 90 nm technology node. To demonstrate the viability of this technology, we experimentally demonstrate the operation of the primary multiplier building block: a full (7:3) compressor, built with 98 MEM-relays, which is the largest working MEM-relay circuit reported to date.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2011 Proceedings of Technical Papers
Subtitle of host publication	IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference 2011, A-SSCC 2011
Pages	117-120
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASSCC.2011.6123618
State	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	7th IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2011 - Jeju, Korea, Republic of Duration: Nov 14 2011 → Nov 16 2011

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Name	2011 Proceedings of Technical Papers: IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference 2011, A-SSCC 2011

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Other	7th IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2011
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Jeju
Period	11/14/11 → 11/16/11

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Hardware and Architecture
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Fariborzi, H., Chen, F., Stojanović, V., Nathanael, R., Jeon, J., & Liu, T. J. K. (2011). Design and demonstration of micro-electro-mechanical relay multipliers. In 2011 Proceedings of Technical Papers: IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference 2011, A-SSCC 2011 (pp. 117-120). Article 6123618 (2011 Proceedings of Technical Papers: IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference 2011, A-SSCC 2011). https://doi.org/10.1109/ASSCC.2011.6123618

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