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QCADesigner: A Rapid Design and Simulation Tool for Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata

2004; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 3; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/tnano.2003.820815

1941-0085

Konrad Walus, Timothy J. Dysart, G.A. Jullien, R. Arief Budiman,

Semiconductor materials and devices

This paper describes a project to create a novel design and simulation tool for quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA), namely QCADesigner. QCA logic and circuit designers require a rapid and accurate simulation and design layout tool to determine the functionality of QCA circuits. QCADesigner gives the designer the ability to quickly layout a QCA design by providing an extensive set of CAD tools. As well, several simulation engines facilitate rapid and accurate simulation. This tool has already been used to design full-adders, barrel shifters, random-access memories, etc. These verified layouts provide motivation to continue efforts toward a final implementation of QCA circuits.