Computational paradigms in nanoelectronics: Quantum coupled single electron logic and neuromorphic networks

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 35, Issue 6 SUPPL. A, 1996, Pages 3350-3362

  Bandyopadhyay, Supriyo ^a   Roychowdhury, Vwani ^b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boolean logic; Nanoelectronics; Neural networks; Quantum dots; Single electronics; Spin polarization

Indexed keywords

ADDERS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMBINATORIAL CIRCUITS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONS; FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; LOGIC CIRCUITS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SHIFT REGISTERS;

BOOLEAN LOGIC FUNCTIONS; HOPFIELD NETWORKS; NANOELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; REVERSIBLE FEYNMAN GATES; SEQUENTIAL DIGITAL SYSTEMS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0030173564     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.35.3350     Document Type: Article

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