Reversible logic-based concurrently testable latches for molecular QCA

Himanshu Thapliyal, Nagarajan Ranganathan

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Abstract

Nanotechnologies, including molecular quantum dot cellular automata (QCA), are susceptible to high error rates. In this paper, we present the design of concurrently testable latches (D latch, T JK latch, and SR latch), which are based on reversible conservative logic for molecular QCA. Conservative reversible circuits are a specific type of reversible circuits, in which there would be an equal number of 1s in the outputs as there would be on the inputs, in addition to one-to-one mapping. Thus, conservative logic is parity-preserving, i.e., the parity of the input vectors is equal to that of the output vectors. We analyzed the fault patterns in the conservative reversible Fredkin gate due to a single missing/additional cell defect in molecular QCA. We found that if there is a fault in the molecular QCA implementation of Fredkin gate, there is a parity mismatch between the inputs and the outputs, otherwise the inputs parity is the same as outputs parity. Any permanent or transient fault in molecular QCA can be concurrently detected if implemented with the conservative Fredkin gate. The design of QCA layouts and the verification of the latch designs using the QCADesigner and the HDLQ tool are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5071217
Pages (from-to)62-69
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2010

Keywords

  • Concurrent testing
  • Conservative reversible logic
  • Sequential circuits

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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