DocumentCode
2579124
Title
Magnetic Cellular Automata wires
Author
Pulecio, Javier F. ; Bhanja, Sanjukta
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
2-5 June 2009
Firstpage
73
Lastpage
75
Abstract
Magnetic Cellular Automata (MCA) is a novel take on an alternative technological actualization of Boolean logic machines. Not only has it been able to prototypically demonstrate successful operation of logical gates at room temperature; all key components necessary to implement any Boolean function has been realized. We present work further reducing the size of the single domain nano-magnet, approximately 100 times 50 times 30 nm, and physically implement two types of MCA wire architectures ferromagnetic and anti-ferromagnetic. We report the first physical implementation of shape engineered ferromagnetic wires and compare both wires under saturating magnetic fields in the Z direction. We have concluded experimentally, that for conventional data propagation between logical networks, ferromagnetic wires provide extremely stable operation. The high order of coupling we found under saturating magnetic fields demonstrates the flexible clocking nature of ferromagnetic wires and inches the technology closer to implementing complex circuitry.
Keywords
Boolean functions; cellular automata; Boolean function; Boolean logic machines; MCA wire architectures; Z direction; logical gates; magnetic cellular automata wires; room temperature; saturating magnetic fields; shape engineered ferromagnetic wires; single domain nanomagnet; Antiferromagnetic materials; Boolean functions; Clocks; Coupling circuits; Magnetic fields; Prototypes; Saturation magnetization; Shape; Temperature; Wires;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference, 2009. NMDC '09. IEEE
Conference_Location
Traverse City, MI
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4695-7
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-4696-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NMDC.2009.5167576
Filename
5167576
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