Design and Simulation of OR Logic Gate Using RF MEMS Resonators

This paper presents a neuromechanical logic gate using Radio Frequency MEMS (RF MEMS) oscillators which are implemented as neurons of Hopfield network constituting an OR logic gate. Auto-correlative associative memory property being provided by phase-locked synchronized network of oscillators makes this logic operation possible. The proposed gate consists of 8 MEMS oscillators connected via electrical couplings and is capable of very high speed computation in case of utilizing high frequency MEMS resonators. This work can lay the groundwork for a new approach in analog computing systems based on mechanical oscillations.

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