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تسجيل مستخدم جديدPoisSolver: a Tool for Modelling Silicon Dangling Bond Clocking Networks
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Hsi Nien Chiu
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Advancements in the fabrication of silicon dangling bonds (SiDBs) reveal a potential platform for clocked field coupled nanocomputing structures. This work introduces PoisSolver, a finite element simulator for investigating clocked SiDB systems in the SiQAD design tool. Three clocking schemes borrowed from prior work on quantum-dot cellular automata are examined as potential building blocks for a general clocking framework for SiDB circuits. These clocking schemes are implemented in SiQAD, and power estimates are performed with geometrically agnostic methods to characterise each clocking scheme. Clocking schemes using a 14 nm technology node are found to dissipate 10-100 uW cm-2 at 1 GHz and 1-10 W cm-2 at 1 THz.
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