Quantum-dot Cellular Automata Devices and Architectures

Abstract

We discuss novel nanoelectronic architecture paradigms based on cells composed of coupled quantum dots. Boolean logic functions may be implemented in specific arrays of cells representing binary inlormation, the so-called Quantum Dot Cellular Automata (QCA). In addition, we discuss possible realizations of these structures in a variety of semiconductor system (including GaAs/AlGaAs, Si/SiGe, and Si/SiO2), rings of metallic tunnel junctions, and candidates for molecular implementations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADP012713

Entities

People

  • Wolfgang Porod

Organizations

  • University of Notre Dame

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automata
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Couplings
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electrons
  • Emerging Technology
  • Ground State
  • Information Processing
  • Logic
  • Logic Gates
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nanostructures
  • Physics
  • Polarization
  • Quantum Dots
  • Semiconductors
  • Signal Processing

Readers

  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Dots