Application of neuron-MOS to current-mode multi-valued logic circuits

A highly-functional device called Neuron-MOS Transistor (vMOS) has been applied to implementing new-architecture basic current-mode multi-valued logic (MVL) circuits. The novel current mirror and threshold detector circuits using vMOS are described in this paper. As compared to conventional CMOS circuits the vMOS current mirror has advantages of low-power and high-swing while the vMOS threshold detector has better discrimination ability. Furthermore, the MVL functional circuit-current-mode quaternary T-gate basing vMOS is presented. Performances of the circuits are confirmed by HSPICE simulations.