Nanosensor Data Processor in Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata

Authors

Fenghui Yao, Tennessee State UniversityFollow
Mohamed Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State UniversityFollow
Guifeng Shao, Tennessee State University
Mohammad Bodruzzaman, Tennessee State University
Mohan Malkani, Tennessee State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-9-2014

Abstract

Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) is an attractive nanotechnology with the potential alterative to CMOS technology. QCA provides an interesting paradigm for faster speed, smaller size, and lower power consumption in comparison to transistor-based technology, in both communication and computation. This paper describes the design of a 4-bit multifunction nanosensor data processor (NSDP). The functions of NSDP contain (i) sending the preprocessed raw data to high-level processor, (ii) counting the number of the active majority gates, and (iii) generating the approximate sigmoid function. The whole system is designed and simulated with several different input data.

Recommended Citation

Fenghui Yao, Mohamed Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Guifeng Shao, Mohammad Bodruzzaman, Mohan Malkani, "Nanosensor Data Processor in Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata", Journal of Nanotechnology, vol. 2014, Article ID 259869, 14 pages, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/259869