Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) technology is attractive due to its low power consumption, fast speed and small dimension; therefore it is a promising alternative to CMOS technology. Additionally, multiplexer is a useful part in many important circuits. In this paper we propose a novel design of 2:1 MUX in QCA. Moreover, a 4:1 multiplexer, an XOR gate and a latch are proposed based on our 2...

   Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology has been the industry standard to implement Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) devices for the last two decades. Due to the consequences of miniaturization of such devices (i.e. increasing switching speeds, increasing complexity and decreasing power consumption), it is essential to replace them with a new technology. Quantum-dot c...

Integrated Circuit (IC) Technology is growing day by day to enhance the circuit performance and to increase the density for compact systems. Conventional CMOS technology is playing a vital role in digital computation for past four decades. But there are certain challenges in scaling the CMOS devices for the last few years. A novel technology “Quantum dot Cellular Automata (QCA)” has been identi...

Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA), a computation paradigm based on the Coulomb interactions between neighboring cells. The key idea is to represent binary information, not by the state of a current switch (transistor), but rather by the configuration of charge in a bistable cell. In its molecular realization, the QCA cell can be a single molecule. QCA is ideally suited for molecular implement...

Crossbar switch is the basic component in multi-stage interconnection networks. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate performance of a crossbar with two multiplexers. The presented simulated using quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) technology and QCA Designer software, studied optimized terms cell number, occupied area, number clocks, energy consumption. Using provided switch, bas...

The quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) computational paradigm provides a means to achieve ultimately low limits of power dissipation by replacing binary coding in currents and voltages with single-electron switching within arrays of quantum dots (‘‘cells’’). Clocked control over the cells allows the realization of power gain, memory and pipelining in QCA circuits. We present an experimental de...

Processing in Memory (PIM) is a computing paradigm that promises enormous gain in processing speed by eradicating latencies in the typical von Neumann architecture. It has gained popularity owing to its throughput by embedding storage and computation of data in a single unit. We portray implementation of Akers array architecture endowed with PIM computation using Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (...

AbstructQuantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) has been proposed as a replacement for CMOS circuits. The major difference between QCA and CMOS is that electronic charge, not current, is the information carrier. A complete set of logic gates has been created and some have been experimentally tested with metal-dots acting as quantum dots. Molecular implementations are currently being examined. This ...

Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) provide a novel electronics paradigm for information processing and communication. A basic quantum-dot cell consists of several quantum dots with two excess electrons. A binary coded decimal (BCD) and a decimal coded binary (DCB) circuit based on QCA logic gates: the and-or-inverter (AOI) gates are proposed in the study. In addition, the circuits designed by ...

As transistor geometries are reduced, quantum effects begin to dominate device performance. At some point, transistors cease to have the properties that make them useful computational components. New computing elements must be developed in order to keep pace with Moore’s Law. Quantum dot cellular automata (QCA) represent an alternative paradigm to transistor-based logic. QCA architectures that ...