Multiple resonant tunneling circuits for positive digit range-4

Details Multiple resonant tunneling circuits for positive digit range-4 Multiple resonant tunneling circuits for positive digit range-4

1993-05-24

1995-11-21

Williams, Howard L.

Coded data generation or conversion

Digital code to digital code converters

To or from mixed base codes

341133, 3647462, 326134, 326135, H03M 702

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active

054691630

ABSTRACT:
Multiple resonant tunneling devices offer significant advantages for realizing circuits which efficiently convert values represented by multivalued number systems to conventional binary representation. In one form of the invention, a number represented by a range-4 base-2 word is converted into a conventional binary word (range-2 base-2) having the same value. The conversion is accomplished by a series of decomposition stages 53, each decomposition stage 53 producing an interim range-4 base-2 word and a binary digit, which becomes one of the digits of the binary output word. Preferably, the decomposition at each stage is accomplished by a set of range-4 base-2 to binary converters 50, each of which operates on a single digit of the interim word. Preferably, summation circuits 52 sum outputs of adjoining range-4 base-2 converters 50 to form the new interim word. The least significant digit of the output of the decomposition stage becomes a digit of the output binary word. Preferably, the range-4 base-2 to binary converters 50 are multi-level folding circuits 54 connected by a voltage divider. Preferably, the multi-level folding circuits contain multiple-peak resonant tunneling transistors 56 (e.g. an FET 58 and a multiple-peak resonant tunneling diode 60) which exhibit multiple negative differential transconductance. The novel circuits presented allow the results of multivalued logic operations to be translated to binary representation at very high speed. Additionally, because they make use of resonant tunneling devices, the novel converter circuits described herein may be fabricated with very few components.

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