• DocumentCode
    2532734
  • Title

    Carbon nanotubes for quantum-dot cellular automata clocking

  • Author

    Frost, Sarah E. ; Dysart, Timothy J. ; Kogge, Peter M. ; Lent, Craig S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Notre Dame Univ., USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-19 Aug. 2004
  • Firstpage
    171
  • Lastpage
    173
  • Abstract
    Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) is a computing model that has shown great promise for efficient molecular computing. The QCA clock signal consists of an electric field being raised and lowered. The wires needed to generate the clocking field have been thought to be the limiting factor in the density of QCA circuits. This paper explores the feasibility of using single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) to implement the clocking fields, effectively removing the clocking wire barrier to greater circuit densities.
  • Keywords
    carbon nanotubes; cellular automata; molecular electronics; nanoelectronics; quantum computing; C; clock signal; clocking wire barrier; electric field; molecular computing; quantum-dot cellular automata circuit; quantum-dot cellular automata clocking; single walled carbon nanotubes; Carbon nanotubes; Circuits; Clocks; Computer architecture; Electrons; Polarization; Quantum cellular automata; Quantum computing; Quantum dots; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nanotechnology, 2004. 4th IEEE Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8536-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NANO.2004.1392286
  • Filename
    1392286