Title :
Experimental demonstration of a QCA shift register and analysis of errors
Author :
Kummamuru, R.K. ; Orlov, A.O. ; Ramasubramaniam, R. ; Lent, C.S. ; Bernstein, Gary H. ; Snider, G.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA
Abstract :
Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is a device architecture that uses the position of electrons in quantum-dot arrays to implement digital logic. We present the experimental demonstration of a two-stage QCA shift register and an analysis of errors encountered in its operation.
Keywords :
cellular automata; error analysis; logic devices; quantum gates; semiconductor quantum dots; shift registers; decay errors; digital logic implementation; errors analysis; quantum-dot arrays; quantum-dot cellular automata shift register; switching errors; two-stage shift register; Clocks; Electrons; Error analysis; FETs; Logic arrays; Logic devices; Quantum cellular automata; Quantum dots; Shift registers; Stationary state;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting, 2002. IEDM '02. International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7462-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.2002.1175787
