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US 10,707,846 B2Granted
Tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) based high-density and low-power sequential
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsDaniel H. Morris, Uygar E. Avci, Ian A. Young
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Abstract
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a first p-type Tunneling Field-Effect Transistor (TFET); a first n-type TFET coupled in series with the first p-type TFET; a first node coupled to gate terminals of the first p-type and n-type TFETs; a first clock node coupled to a source terminal of the first TFET, the first clock node is to provide a first clock; and a second clock node coupled to a source terminal of the second TFET, the second clock node is to provide a second clock.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising:
- a first p-type transistor comprising a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS), wherein the first p-type transistor is coupled to a supply node, and is to receive a first clock;
- a second p-type transistor comprising MOS coupled in series with the first p-type transistor;
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- an n-type Tunneling Field-Effect Transistor (TFET) coupled in series with the second p-type transistor, wherein the second p-type transistor and the n-type TFET have respective gate terminals coupled to an input node, and wherein the n-type TFET is to receive a second clock.
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A system comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor coupled to the memory, the processor includes a flip-flop which comprises:
- a first p-type transistor comprising a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS), wherein the first p-type transistor is coupled to a supply node, and is to receive a first clock;
- a second p-type transistor comprising MOS coupled in series with the first p-type transistor;
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- an n-type Tunneling Field-Effect Transistor (TFET) coupled in series with the second p-type transistor, wherein the second p-type transistor and the n-type TFET have respective gate terminals coupled to an input node, and wherein the n-type TFET is to receive a second clock;
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- a wireless interface to allow the processor to communicate with another device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.