Quantum-dot cellular automata: Review and recent experiments (invited)
- 15 April 1999
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 85 (8) , 4283-4285
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.370344
Abstract
An introduction to the operation of quantum-dot cellular automata is presented, along with recent experimental results. Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) is a transistorless computation paradigm that addresses the issues of device density and interconnection. The basic building blocks of the QCA architecture, such as AND, OR, and NOT are presented. The experimental device is a four-dot QCA cell with two electrometers. The dots are metal islands, which are coupled by capacitors and tunnel junctions. An improved design of the cell is presented in which all four dots of the cell are coupled by tunnel junctions. The operation of this basic cell is confirmed by the externally controlled polarization change of the cell.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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