Abstract: By researching the ternary flip-flop and the adiabatic Domino circuit, a novel design of low-power ternary Domino JKL flip-flop on the switch level is proposed. First, the switch-level structure of the ternary adiabatic Domino JKL flip-flop is derived according to the switch-signal theory and its truth table. Then the ternary loop operation circuit and ternary reverse loop operation circuit are achieved by employing the ternary JKL flip-flop. Finally, the circuit is simulated by using the Spice tool and the results show that the logic function is correct. The energy consumption of the ternary adiabatic Domino JKL flip-flop is 69% less than its conventional Domino counterpart.

Key words: adiabatic logic, Domino circuit, JKL flip-flop, switch-signal theory