A Memory Design in QCAs using the SQUARES Formalism

  • Authors:
  • D. Berzon;T. J. Fountain

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • GLS '99 Proceedings of the Ninth Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

We present a formalism for implementing circuits with Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA), comprising a set of standard circuit elements with uniform layout rules. The formalism simplifies circuit design from an engineering perspective and overcomes an observed sensitivity of QCA systems to input delays. A design for an addressable shift register is implemented, and promises considerable density gains over conventional CMOS.