Logic and Circuit Synthesis for Low-Energy Computing Using Principles of Adiabatic Switching

本研究是针对极低能耗电路和系统的绝热逻辑设计。主要思想是使用绝热开关原理作为电路设计的基础。利用这一概念进行能量回收是一个相对较新的想法，尽管可逆逻辑和零能量计算的概念可以追溯到20世纪70年代初，但在电子电路中实现这一概念的尝试是一个新的尝试。本文提出了一种完全可逆和部分可逆的绝热逻辑。它是基于标准的CMOS技术与开关电源。用于回收能量操作的基本逻辑门、寄存器和存储器正在开发中。电源管理工具，例如利用可逆逻辑门产生的冗余信号的技术，正在开发中。新设计的电路和相应的电源正在制作和测试中。

This research is on adiabatic logic design for very low energy consumption circuits and systems. The primary idea is to use principles of adiabatic switching as the basis for circuit design. Energy recovery using this notion is a relatively new idea, although the concept of reversible logic and zero-energy computing can be tracked back to he early 1970s, the attempt to realize the concept in electronic circuits is a new endeavor. An adiabatic logic, using both fully reversible and partially reversible logic, is being developed. It is based on standard CMOS technology with a switching power supply. Basic logic gates, registers, and memories for recovered energy operations, are being developed. Tools for power management, such as techniques to utilize the redundant signals generated from reversible logic gates, are being developed. The newly designed circuits and the corresponding power supply are being fabricated and tested.