Single-electron logic device based on the binary decision diagram
Noboru Asahi, Masamichi Akazawa, Yoshiyuki Amemiya
Abstract
Noboru Asahi, Masamichi Akazawa, Yoshiyuki Amemiya
Abstract
The unit device consists of four tunnel junctions and operates as a two-way switch for single-electron transport. Any combinational logic can be implemented by connecting identical unit devices into a cascade to build the tree of a BDD graph. Several sample designs are presented for logic circuits of NAND, NOR, exclusive-OR, and AND-OR combinational logic. Computer simulation shows that the designed circuits perform the logic operations correctly.
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The unit device consists of four tunnel junctions and operates as a two-way switch for single-electron transport. Any combinational logic can be implemented by connecting identical unit devices into a cascade to build the tree of a BDD graph. Several sample designs are presented for logic circuits of NAND, NOR, exclusive-OR, and AND-OR combinational logic. Computer simulation shows that the designed circuits perform the logic operations correctly.
Key concepts: Combinational logic, Binary decision diagram, Sequential logic, Logic gate, Logic optimization, NAND gate, Logic family, Computer science