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Balanced ternary addition using a gated silicon nanowire (1108.5527v1)
Published 29 Aug 2011 in cond-mat.mes-hall
Abstract: We demonstrate the proof of principle for a ternary adder using silicon metal-on-insulator single electron transistors (SET). Gate dependent rectifying behavior of a single electron transistor results in a robust three-valued output as a function of the potential of the SET island. Mapping logical, ternary inputs to the three gates controlling the potential of the SET island allows us to perform complex, inherently ternary operations, on a single transistor.