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ET
2007
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13 years 11 months ago
QCA Circuits for Robust Coplanar Crossing
In this paper, different circuits of Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) are proposed for the so-called coplanar crossing. Coplanar crossing is one of the most interesting feature...
Sanjukta Bhanja, Marco Ottavi, Fabrizio Lombardi, ...
ET
2007
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13 years 11 months ago
Reliability and Defect Tolerance in Metallic Quantum-dot Cellular Automata
The computational paradigm known as quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) encodes binary information in the charge configuration of Coulomb-coupled quantum-dot cells. Functioning QC...
Mo Liu, Craig S. Lent
ASPDAC
2005
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
Partitioning and placement for buildable QCA circuits
— Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is a novel computing mechanism that can represent binary information based on spatial distribution of electron charge configuration in chem...
Ramprasad Ravichandran, Michael T. Niemier, Sung K...
CF
2007
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
General floorplan for reversible quantum-dot cellular automata
This paper presents the Collapsed Bennett Layout, a general purpose floorplan for reversible quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) circuits. In order to exploit the full density and...
Sarah E. Murphy, Erik DeBenedictis, Peter M. Kogge
GLVLSI
1999
IEEE
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14 years 3 months ago
A Memory Design in QCAs using the SQUARES Formalism
We present a formalism for implementing circuits with Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA), comprising a set of standard circuit elements with uniform layout rules. The formalism s...
Daniel Berzon, Terry J. Fountain
ISVLSI
2003
IEEE
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14 years 4 months ago
Bouncing Threads: Merging a New Execution Model into a Nanotechnology Memory
The need for small, high speed, low power computers as the end of Moore’s law approaches is driving research into nanotechnology. These novel devices have significantly differe...
Sarah E. Frost, Arun Rodrigues, Charles A. Giefer,...
SIPS
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Molecular quantum-dot cellular automata
: Molecular electronics is commonly conceived as reproducing diode or transistor action at the molecular level. The quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) approach offers an attractiv...
Craig S. Lent
ISVLSI
2006
IEEE
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14 years 5 months ago
PLAs in Quantum-dot Cellular Automata
Abstract— Research in the fields of physics, chemistry and electronics has demonstrated that Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is a viable alternative for nano-scale computing...
Xiaobo Sharon Hu, Michael Crocker, Michael T. Niem...
ARITH
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Serial Parallel Multiplier Design in Quantum-dot Cellular Automata
An emerging nanotechnology, quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA), has the potential for attractive features such as faster speed, smaller size, and lower power consumption than tra...
Heumpil Cho, Earl E. Swartzlander Jr.
DFT
2008
IEEE
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14 years 6 months ago
Fabrication Variations and Defect Tolerance for Nanomagnet-Based QCA
Tolerating defects and fabrication variations will be critical in any system made with devices that have nanometer feature sizes. This paper considers how fabrication variations a...
Michael T. Niemier, Michael Crocker, Xiaobo Sharon...