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Agenda for Today
¾ The Basics of Adiabatic Logic and the
Fundamentals of Adiabatic Charging
Final Remarks
Basics of Adiabatic Logic
• Q=CV
“On resistance” • I=Q/T=CV/T
• E=I2RT (Resistor)
• =(CV/T)2RT
• =(2RC/T)(1/2 CV2)
Final Remarks
Early Adiabatic Circuit Structures [2]
(Latch) Adiabatic Switching, Low Energy Computing, and the Physics of Storing
and Erasing Information J. G. Koller W. C. Athas 1993
Agenda for Today
The Basics of Adiabatic Logic and the
Fundamentals of Adiabatic Charging
Final Remarks
To Modern Adiabatic Logic Circuits
Original circuits were good conceptual models, but not very
practical practical circuits.
Pass Trans. Adiabatic Logic (PAL) [6] Clocked CMOS Adiabatic Logic (CAL) [7]
*Different from CPERL, mentioned later
Modern Adiabatic Logic Families
PMOS NMOS
•Paved the way for SCAL and SCAL-D
TSEL Timing Waveform [10]
Most Promising Logic Families
• Recent research suggests that SCAL-D and PFAL are the most
practical by today’s standards. [11,13]
Basic PFAL Adder, Inverter, and Timing [14]
SCAL-D Buffers (Enhancement of TSEL) [15]
P N P N
Agenda for Today
The Basics of Adiabatic Logic and the
Fundamentals of Adiabatic Charging
Final Remarks
Challenges of Recovery Circuits
¾ Final Remarks
Final Remarks
Adiabatic circuitry will always be behind conventional CMOS in speed, but
as conventional CMOS gets faster Adiabatic circuitry will get faster as well.
It may become practical in the near future. Source Coupled Adiabatic
Logic is the most promising technology at this time.