Design of high performance multiple-input pass-transistor-logic XOR circuits

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XOR gates are basic building blocks in the design of almost all kinds of digital circuits for signal processing, generation and control. The performance of the XOR gates can be a factor determining the performance of the complete circuits. In particular, XOR gates with a large number of inputs, which are often used for parallel processing, may make a major contribution to the delay of the circuits. Some reduction of the delay can be achieved but usually at the expense of the power dissipation. In this thesis, a comprehensive study of the XOR gate design is presented. Based on the study, an approach of designing multiple-input pass-transistor-logic XOR gates is proposed. This approach consists of two aspects. On one hand, the imperfect high-voltage levels, resulting from the imperfect voltage transmission by single-MOS switches, at some selected intermediated circuit nodes are used to reduce the signal swing so that the power dissipation can be minimized. On the other hand, the voltages

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