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Multi-Layer QCA 4-to-1 Multiplexer Design with Multi-Directional Input

다방위 입력이 가능한 다층구조 QCA 4-to-1 멀티플렉서 설계

  • 장우영 (금오공과대학교 컴퓨터공학과) ;
  • 전준철 (금오공과대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
  • Received : 2020.08.01
  • Accepted : 2020.08.28
  • Published : 2020.11.30
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new multiplexer using quantum dot cellular automata (QCA), a next-generation digital circuit design technology. A multiplexer among digital circuits is a circuit that selects one of the input signals and transfers the selected input to one line. Since it is used in many circuits such as D-flip-flops, resistors, and RAM cells, research has been conducted in various ways to date. However, the previously proposed planar structure multiplexer does not consider connectivity, and therefore, when designing a large circuit, it uses an area inefficiently. There was also a multiplexer proposed as a multi-layer structure, but it does not improve the area due to not considering the interaction between cells. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a new multiplexer that improves 38% area reduction, 17% cost reduction, and connectivity using a cell-to-cell interaction and multi-layer structure.

본 논문에서는 차세대 디지털 회로 설계기술인 양자점 셀룰러 오토마타(QCA)를 이용하여 새로운 멀티플렉서를 제안한다. 디지털 회로 중 멀티플렉서는 입력 신호 중 하나를 선택하여 하나의 라인에 전달하는 회로이다. 이는 D-플립플롭, 레지스터, 그리고 RAM 셀 등 많은 회로에 쓰이므로 현재까지도 다양한 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 하지만 기존에 제안된 평면구조 멀티플렉서는 연결성을 고려하지 않아 큰 회로를 설계할 경우 비효율적으로 면적을 사용하게 된다. 기존에 다층구조로 제안된 멀티플렉서도 있으나 셀 간 상호작용을 고려하지 않아 필요면적이 여전히 높다. 이에 본 논문에서는 셀 간 상호작용을 이용하고, 다층구조를 이용하여 38% 면적축소, 17% 비용감소 그리고 연결성을 개선한 새로운 멀티플렉서를 제안한다.

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