Title :
Electronic quantum-dot cellular automata
Author :
Snider, Gregory L. ; Orlov, Alexei O. ; Joshi, Vishwanath ; Joyce, Robin A. ; Qi, Hua ; Yadavalli, Kameshwar K. ; Bernstein, Gary H. ; Fehlner, Thomas P. ; Lent, Craig S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents an overview of the electronic implementation of quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA). QCA is a computing paradigm that encodes and processes information by the position of individual electrons. This opens the possibility of dense, ultra-low power devices. Resent results are presented from QCA cells implemented using metal-dots, as well as investigations toward molecular and silicon QCA devices.
Keywords :
cellular automata; electronic engineering computing; molecular electronics; nanoelectronics; quantum dots; computing paradigm; electronic quantum dot cellular automata; ultra low power device; Clocks; Electrons; Engines; MOSFET circuits; Microelectronics; Polarization; Power engineering computing; Quantum cellular automata; Quantum dots; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology, 2008. ICSICT 2008. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2185-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2186-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICSICT.2008.4734600
