Design of Three-Dimensional Molecular Integrated Circuits and Molecular Architectronics

This paper reports a unified synthesis taxonomy in design of three-dimensional (3D) molecular integrated circuits (^MICs). These^MICs, fabricated utilizing bottom-up molecular fabrication technologies, are designed as aggregated neuronal hypercells (^[unk]hypercell). Each^[unk]hypercell is implemented using molecular gates (^Mgates) which composed from multi-terminal molecular electronic devices that exhibit and operate due to quantum phenomena. The intelligent library of^[unk]hypercell aggregates,,^[unk]hypercells,^Mgates, molecular devices and data-structure primitives can be developed and utilized. To address complexity and technology dependence, this paper documents innovative methods in design, optimization, evaluation and verification of 3D^MICs. The logic design of^MICs is accomplished by using a novel technology-centric concept based on the use of^[unk]hypercells and linear decision diagrams. We initiate the developments of a 3D super-large-scale integration (^3DSLSI) design concept. This paper reports a proof-of-concept CAD design tools illustrating and verifying the results for combinational^MICs.