Title :
Quantum-dot cellular automata: introduction and experimental overview
Author :
Snider, Gregory L. ; Orlov, Alexei O. ; Kummamuru, Ravi K. ; Ramasubramaniam, Rajagopal ; Amlani, Islamshah ; Bernstein, Gary H. ; Lent, Craig S. ; Merz, James L. ; Wolfgang, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA
Abstract :
An overview is given of the QCA architecture, along with a summary of experimental demonstrations of QCA devices. Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) is a transistorless computation paradigm that addresses such challenging issues as device and power density. The basic building blocks of the QCA architecture, such as AND, OR gates and clocked cells have been demonstrated and are presented. The quantum dots used in the experiments are metal islands that are coupled by capacitors and tunnel junctions. An improved design of the cell is presented in which all four dots of the cell are coupled by tunnel junctions. A noninvasive electrometer is presented which improves the sensitivity and linearity of dot potential measurements. The operation of this basic cell is confirmed by an externally controlled polarization change of the cell
Keywords :
Boolean functions; cellular automata; clocks; quantum gates; semiconductor quantum dots; tunnelling; AND gates; OR gates; QCA architecture; clocked cells; dot potential measurements; externally controlled polarization change; metal islands; noninvasive electrometer; power density; quantum-dot cellular automata; transistorless computation paradigm; tunnel junctions; Circuits; Clocks; Computer architecture; Electrons; FETs; Polarization; Power dissipation; Quantum cellular automata; Quantum computing; Quantum dots;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology, 2001. IEEE-NANO 2001. Proceedings of the 2001 1st IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7215-8
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2001.966468
