Design and Analysis of a High-Performance N-Bit Digital Comparator Using a Novel EX-OR-NOR Gate
Bushra Fatima, Rajeevan Chandel and Rohit Dhiman
This paper presents the design and analysis of high-performance N-bit digital comparators for use in modern digital systems. Digital comparators are fundamental building blocks in many electronic systems, performing the critical task of comparing two digital values and generating an output indicating their relative magnitudes. For implementing N-bit digital comparator a new design for an 8T EX-OR-NOR cell with full rail-to-rail output swing has been proposed. The proposed EX-OR-NOR cell is based on the hybrid circuit utilizing CMOS inverter and transmission gate logics, which thereby uses less power and minimizes propagation delay. Thus, a high-speed N-bit digital comparator design is accomplished using the proposed 8T EX-ORNOR cell. In the present work 4-bit to 32-bit digital comparators are designed and implemented using the proposed circuitry. All the circuits are designed using Cadence electronic design automation (EDA) Virtuoso Design Environment for 180nm CMOS technology node. The outcomes are evaluated and verified with the comparator designs reported in the literature. The proposed modified N-bit digital comparators provide an excellent combination of speed, power consumption, and accuracy, making them a promising solution for modern digital electronics systems.
Keywords: EX-OR-NOR cell, magnitude comparator, power dissipation, propagation delay, transistor count