Operational Amplifier Circuit Design Using Carbon Nanotube Transistors

Title:Operational Amplifier Circuit Design Using Carbon Nanotube Transistors

Volume: 3 Issue: 1

Author(s): W. Makni, M. Najari, H. Samet and M. Masmoudi

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Keywords: Analog and digital applications, Carbon nanotube field-effect transistor (CNTFET), Compact modeling, CMOS, Operational amplifier, Verilog-A.

Abstract: Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor (CNTFET) is a promising candidate for future electronic devices, so it is used for both analog and digital circuit application. This paper presents a Verilog-A implementation of a physical compact model for the Conventional Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor. This device is then used to design a carbon nanotube FET based Operational Amplifier (Op Amp). The CNTFET Op Amp performances are tuned in term of the CNT diameter in order to obtain a gain of 48dB and a bandwidth of 200MHz. The performances in term of the power dissipation are much better compared to AOP circuit using CMOS technology.

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Makni W., Najari M., Samet H. and Masmoudi M., Operational Amplifier Circuit Design Using Carbon Nanotube Transistors, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology-Asia 2013; 3 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/22106812112029990003