• DocumentCode
    3302915
  • Title

    A quantum-dot cellular automata shift register

  • Author

    Kummamura, R. ; Orlov, A.O. ; Timler, J.P. ; Ramasubramaniam, R. ; Lent, C.S. ; Bernstein, Gary H. ; Snider, G.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    25-27 June 2001
  • Firstpage
    103
  • Lastpage
    104
  • Abstract
    Presents a more advanced device in the family of clocked QCA systems - a two cell shift register. The device consists of two capacitively coupled QCA latches The QCA latch consists of three micron-sized aluminum islands, or dots separated by tunnel junctions. Multiple tunnel junctions are used between dots to increase the charge retention time of the latches. Two single-electron electrometers measure the state of the shift register.
  • Keywords
    cellular arrays; cellular automata; quantum gates; semiconductor quantum dots; shift registers; capacitively coupled QCA latches; charge retention time; clocked QCA systems; micron-sized islands; quantum-dot cellular automata; single-electron electrometers; tunnel junctions; two cell shift register; Clocks; Electrons; Latches; Pipeline processing; Quantum cellular automata; Quantum computing; Quantum dots; Shift registers; Temperature; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Device Research Conference, 2001
  • Conference_Location
    Notre Dame, IN, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7014-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DRC.2001.937893
  • Filename
    937893