Simulating SET circuits using SPICE
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With single-electron tunneling (SET) technology it is possible to build electronic circuits with extreme low power properties. These SET circuits must therefore operate in the single electronics (current) regime. To simulate SET circuits in this regime, a SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) model has been written In contrast to, the prescriptions in the so-called Orthodox theory of single-electronics the SPICE model explores the discrete character of the tunnel current and the tunnel condition. In this paper known SET circuits are simulated using this SPICE model and verified with the Orthodox theory of SET. The results are also compared with a famous SET circuit simulator Simon
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