Design and Test of Digital Circuits byQuantum-Dot Cellular Automata; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction 1; Chapter 2 Nano Devices and Architectures Overview 11; Chapter 3 QCA 37; Chapter 4 QCA Combinational Logic Design 69; Chapter 5 Logic-Level Testing and Defect Characterization 91; Chapter 6 Two-Dimensional Schemes for Clocking/Timing of QCA Circuits 143; Chapter 7 Tile-Based QCA Design 171; Chapter 8 Sequential Circuit Design in QCA 213; Chapter 9 QCA Memory 247; Chapter 10 Implementing Universal Logic in QCA 287; Chapter 11 QCA Model for Computing and Energy Analysis 305
Chapter 12 Fault Tolerance of Reversible QCA Circuits 327Chapter 13 Conclusion and Future Work 349; Appendix A Preliminary for QCA Mechanical Model 353; Appendix B Validation of Mechanical Model 357; Appendix C Energy Dissipation Analysis of Circuit Units 363; About the Authors 367
Summary
The first book devoted to this emerging nanoscale technology, being viewed by most experts as a superior alternative to traditional CMOS circuit technology. QCA (Quantum-dot Cellular Automata) provides nanoscale solutions that overcome the physical limitations of CMOS technology used in computing and
