Hexagonal Binary Decision Diagram Quantum Circuit Approach for Ultra-Low Power III-V Quantum LSIs

A new approach for ultra-low-power LSIs based on quantum devices is presented and its present status and critical issues are discussed with a brief background review on the semiconductor nanotechnology. It is a hexagonal binary decision diagram (BDD) quantum logic circuit approach suitable for realization of ultra-low-power logic/memory circuits to be used in new applications such as intelligent quantum (IQ) chips embedded in the ubiquitous network environment. The basic concept of the approach, circuit examples showing its feasibility, growth of high density nanostructure networks by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) for future LSI implementation, and the key processing issues including the device isolation issue are addressed.

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