A novel low-power full-adder cell with new technique in designing logical gates based on static CMOS inverter

A new low-power full-adder based on CMOS inverter is presented. This full-adder is comprised of inverters. Universal gates such as NOR, NAND and MAJORITY-NOT gates are implemented with a set of inverters and non-conventional implementation of them. In the proposed design approach the time consuming XOR gates are eliminated. As full-adders are frequently employed in a tree-structured configuration for high-performance arithmetic circuits, a cascaded simulation structure is employed to evaluate the full-adders in a realistic application environment. The circuits being studied were optimized for energy efficiency using 0.18mm and 90nm CMOS process technologies. The proposed fulladder shows full swing logic, balanced outputs and strong output drivability. It is also observed that the presented design can be utilized in many cases especially whenever the lowest possible power consumption is targeted. Circuits layout implementations and checking their functionality have been done using Cadence IC package and Synopsys HSpice, respectively. & 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.