Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) technology has been widely considered as an alternative to complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) due to QCA's inherent merits.Many interesting QCA-based logic circuits ...Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) technology has been widely considered as an alternative to complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) due to QCA's inherent merits.Many interesting QCA-based logic circuits with smaller feature size,higher operating frequency,and lower power consumption than CMOS have been presented.However,QCA is limited in its sequential circuit design with high performance flip-flops.Based on a brief introduction of QCA and dual-edge triggered (DET) flip-flop,we propose two original QCA-based D and JK DET flip-flops,offering the same data throughput of corresponding single-edge triggered (SET) flip-flops at half the clock pulse frequency.The logic functionality of the two proposed flip-flops is verified with the QCADesigner tool.All the proposed QCA-based DET flip-flops show higher performance than their SET counterparts in terms of data throughput.Furthermore,compared with a previous DET D flip-flop,the number of cells,covered area,and time delay of the proposed DET D flip-flop are reduced by 20.5%,23.5%,and 25%,respectively.By using a lower clock pulse frequency,the proposed DET flip-flops are promising for constructing QCA sequential circuits and systems with high performance.展开更多
We propose a new design scheme for a Booth encoder based on clocked transmission gate adiabatic logic(CTGAL). In the new design the structural complexity of the Booth encoder is reduced while the speed of the multipli...We propose a new design scheme for a Booth encoder based on clocked transmission gate adiabatic logic(CTGAL). In the new design the structural complexity of the Booth encoder is reduced while the speed of the multiplier is improved. The adiabatic two's complement multiplier-accumulator(MAC) is furthermore a design based on the CTGAL. The computer simulation results indicate that the designed circuit has the correct logic function and remarkably less energy consumption compared to that of the MAC based on complementary metal oxide semiconductor(CMOS) logic.展开更多
基金Project (No.Y1110808) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province,China
文摘Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) technology has been widely considered as an alternative to complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) due to QCA's inherent merits.Many interesting QCA-based logic circuits with smaller feature size,higher operating frequency,and lower power consumption than CMOS have been presented.However,QCA is limited in its sequential circuit design with high performance flip-flops.Based on a brief introduction of QCA and dual-edge triggered (DET) flip-flop,we propose two original QCA-based D and JK DET flip-flops,offering the same data throughput of corresponding single-edge triggered (SET) flip-flops at half the clock pulse frequency.The logic functionality of the two proposed flip-flops is verified with the QCADesigner tool.All the proposed QCA-based DET flip-flops show higher performance than their SET counterparts in terms of data throughput.Furthermore,compared with a previous DET D flip-flop,the number of cells,covered area,and time delay of the proposed DET D flip-flop are reduced by 20.5%,23.5%,and 25%,respectively.By using a lower clock pulse frequency,the proposed DET flip-flops are promising for constructing QCA sequential circuits and systems with high performance.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60776022)the Science and Technology Fund of Zhejiang Province (No. 2008C21166)+3 种基金the Key Scientific Research Fund of the Department of Education of Zhejiang Province (No. 20061666)the Professor Fund (No. JSL2007001)the Scientific Research Fund (No. XK0610030)the K. C. Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University, China
文摘We propose a new design scheme for a Booth encoder based on clocked transmission gate adiabatic logic(CTGAL). In the new design the structural complexity of the Booth encoder is reduced while the speed of the multiplier is improved. The adiabatic two's complement multiplier-accumulator(MAC) is furthermore a design based on the CTGAL. The computer simulation results indicate that the designed circuit has the correct logic function and remarkably less energy consumption compared to that of the MAC based on complementary metal oxide semiconductor(CMOS) logic.