A Nanomagnet Logic Field-Coupled Electrical Input.

We report an electric, field-coupled input scheme for nanomagnet logic (NML). Furthermore, input structures are integrated with CMOS compatible clock structures for NML. This paper describes the controlled switching of the magnetization state of a nanomagnet by applying a locally generated biasing field to a device that has been placed in a 0°/metastable state by a clad, current carrying clock line. Fringing fields from the set device can then change the state of another, adjacent nanomagnet. This scheme can serve as an electric–magnetic interface between CMOS and an NML circuit. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]