Quasiadiabatic switching for metal-island quantum-dot cellular automata
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چکیده
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 quasiadiabatically switching the cells. This has been analyzed extensively in gated semiconductor cells. Here we present a metal-island cell structure that makes quasiadiabatic switching possible. We show how this permits quasiadiabatic clocking, and enables a pipelined architecture. © 1999 American Institute of Physics. @S0021-8979~99!04204-8#
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