PLAs in quantum-dot cellular automata

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 376-386

  Crocker, Michael ^b   Hu, Xiaobo Sharon ^a,b   Niemier, Michael ^a,b   Yan, Minjun ^b   Bernstein, Gary ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Nanotechnology; PLA; QCA; Reprogrammable

Indexed keywords

NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

PROGRAMMABLE QCA CIRCUITS; QCA DEVICES;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA;

EID: 44049083072     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2007.915022     Document Type: Article

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