Hybrid circuit simulator including a model for single electron tunneling devices

被引：42

作者：

Kirihara, M ^{[1
]}

Nakazato, K ^{[1
]}

Wagner, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Hitachi Cambridge Lab, Cavendish Lab, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England

来源：

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS | 1999年 / 38卷 / 4A期

关键词：

single electron; Coulomb blockade; hybrid circuli simulator; master equation; SPICE;

D O I：

10.1143/JJAP.38.2028

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

A hybrid circuit simulator has been developed that incorporates elements of single electron devices into the conventional circuit simulator SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis). The elements can consist of an arbitrary network of tunnel junctions and capacitors, whose characteristics are calculated using a master equation method. By employing the hybrid circuit simulator, we studied a turnstile device feeding the input of a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) inverter, and were able to more successfully demonstrate the transfer of electrons through the turnstile one by one in SPICE.

引用

页码：2028 / 2032

页数：5

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