As the physical scaling
limit of silicon-based integrated circuits
is approached, new materials and device structures become necessary.
The exclusive-OR (XOR) gate is a basic logic gate performed as a building
block for digital adder and encrypted circuits. Here, we suggest that
using the ambipolar property of carbon nanotubes and the threshold
modulation ability of dual-gate field-effect transistors, an XOR gate
can be constructed in only one transistor. For a traditional XOR gate,
4 to 6 transistors are needed, and this low-footprint topology could
be employed in the future for hyperscaling and three-dimensional logic
and memory transistor integration.