%0 Journal Article %T New High-Performance Full Adders Using an Alternative Logic Structure %A Linares Aranda %A M¨®nico %A Aguirre Hern¨˘ndez %A Mariano %J Computaci¨®n y Sistemas %D 2011 %I Instituto Polit¨¦cnico Nacional %X this paper presents two new high-speed low-power 1-bit full-adder cells using an alternative logic structure, and the logic styles dpl and sr-cpl. the adders were designed using electrical parameters of a 0.35¦Ěm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (cmos) process, and were compared with various adders published previously, with regards of power-delay product. to validate the performance simulation results of one of the proposed adders, an 8-bits pipelined multiplier was fabricated using a 0.35¦Ěm cmos technology, and it showed to provide superior performance. %K full-adder %K low-power %K multiplier %K pipeline. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1405-55462011000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en