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IBM Creates Ring Oscillator on a Single Nanotube

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mini-milestones dept.

deeptrace writes "IBM has combined CMOS circuitry and a single carbon nanotube to implement a 5 stage ring oscillator. Even though the oscillator runs at just 52 MHz, they expect that it could reach the GHz range with improvements. The frequency of the current oscillator was higher than previous circuits using multiple nanotubes. IBM describes the achievement in the paper "Integrated Logic Circuit Assembled on a Single Carbon Nanotube" to be published this week in the journal Science."

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  1. More imprevements? by springbox · · Score: -1, Troll

    You sure about the lattice structure? I think you just wanted an excuse to say "imprevements" more. It is a fun word. Imprevements.

  2. IBM IS FAMOUS FOR THIS CRAP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Don't you know IBM is famous for posting all this work they do publicly just so that its public domain and no one else can patent it? They're famous for doing this type of crap. Everyone know they file for a crapload of patents every year and whatever they think they can't they "release" publicly so it can't be patented.