An electrooptical adder

1 January 1985

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IEEE

Vol. 73 (1) , 162-163
https://doi.org/10.1109/proc.1985.13118

Abstract

A prototype for a binary adder, in which the carry propagation is handled by light signals is suggested, thus enabling a fast execution of addition operation even for large operands.

Keywords

ADDERS
OPTICAL PROPAGATION
OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES
LOGIC GATES
LIGHT EMITTING DIODES
LOGIC CIRCUITS
OPTICAL COMPUTING
OPTICAL CONTROL
PROTOTYPES
EQUATIONS

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