2000/04/26 by Geza Toth, Craig S. Lent · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.369063
published as Journal of Applied Physics, volume 85, number 5, 2977-2984(1 March, 1999) · 40 preprint-style double-spaced pages including 16 figures
arxiv created 2000/04/26 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Recent experiments have demonstrated a working cell suitable for implementing the Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) paradigm. These experiments have been performed using metal island clusters. The most promising approach to QCA operation involves quasi-adiabatically switching the cells. This has been analyzed extensively in gated semiconductor cells. Here we present a metal island cell structure that makes quasi-adiabatic switching possible. We show how this permits quasi-adiabatic clocking, and enables a pipelined architecture.