simulation of a complete chain of qca cells with realistic potentials模拟一个完整的链条qca细胞与现实潜力.pdfVIP

VLSI DESIGN (C) 2001 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V. 2001, Vol. 13, Nos. 1-4, pp. 149-153 Published by license under Reprints available directly from the publisher the Gordon and Breach Science Publishers imprint, Photocopying permitted by license only member of the Taylor Francis Group. Simulation of a Complete Chain of QCA Cells with Realistic Potentials M. GIRLANDA* and M. MACUCCI Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Via Diotisalvi, 2 1-56126 Pisa, Italy We present a numerical simulation of the operation of a chain of 3 Quantum Cellular Automanton (QCA)cells, with the inclusion of a realistic procedure to enforce, with an externally applied bias voltage unbalance, the polarization of the first cell. The polarization state is shown to propagate correctly, as long as the bias unbalance applied to the electrodes of the first cell is not so large as to directly perturb nearby cells. The addition of dummy cells is needed to balance the asymmetries existing at the ends of a chain: this is an indication of further difficulties, that may become relevant if fabrication of more complex arrays is attempted. Keywords: Quantum cellular automata; Bistability; Quantum dots 1. INTRODUCTION the Configuration-Interaction technique to a layout with three cell