CA2570429A1 - Receiver circuit using nanotube-based switches and transistors - Google Patents

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CA2570429A1
CA2570429A1 CA002570429A CA2570429A CA2570429A1 CA 2570429 A1 CA2570429 A1 CA 2570429A1 CA 002570429 A CA002570429 A CA 002570429A CA 2570429 A CA2570429 A CA 2570429A CA 2570429 A1 CA2570429 A1 CA 2570429A1
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Abstract

Receiver circuits using nanotube-based switches and transistors. A receiver circuit includes a differential input having a first and second input link, a differential output having a first and second output link, and first and second switching elements in electrical communication with the input links and the output links. Each switching element has an input node, an output node, a nanotube channel element, and a control structure disposed in relation to the nanotube channel element to controllably form and unform an electrically conductive channel between said input node and said output node. First and second MOS transistors are each in electrical communication with a reference signal and with the output node of a corresponding one of the first and second switching elements.

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1. A receiver circuit, comprising:
a differential input having a first and second input link;
a differential output having a first and second output link;
first and second switching elements in electrical communication with the input links and the output links, each switching element having an input node, an output node, a nanotube channel element, and a control structure disposed in relation to the nanotube channel element to controllably form and unform an electrically conductive channel between said input node and said output node; and first and second MOS transistors, each in electrical communication with a reference signal and with the output node of a corresponding one of the first and second switching elements.
2. The receiver circuit of claim 1 wherein the first and second MOS
transistors are PFET transistors in electrical communication with Vdd voltage and wherein the output node of a first switching element is coupled to the drain of the first MOS
transistor and a gate of the second MOS transistor, and wherein the output node of a second switching element is coupled to the drain of the second MOS transistor and a gate of the first MOS transistor.
3. The receiver circuit of claim 2 wherein the input node of each switching element is in electrical communication with ground.
4. The receiver circuit of claim 3 wherein the control structure of each switching element includes a set electrode and a release electrode, wherein the set electrode is activated to cause the nanotube channel element to electrically and mechanically contact the output node to form a channel, and wherein the release electrode is activated to cause the nanotube channel element to release electrical and mechanical contact with the output node to unform the channel.
5. The receiver circuit of claim 4 wherein a first link of the differential input is coupled to the set electrode of the first switching element and the release electrode of the second switching element, and wherein a second link of the differential input is coupled to the set electrode of the second switching element and the release electrode of the first switching element.
6. The receiver circuit of claim 5 wherein the output nodes of the first and second switching elements are coupled, respectively, to a first and second output link of the differential output.
7. The receiver circuit of claim 1 wherein the first and second switching elements retail channel formation non-volatilely.
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