Design of a quantum based single-bit full-adder with greater energy efficiency than currently existing transistor-based technologies. The encoding of information in only a few electrons trapped inside a semiconductor system of three quantum dots allows the execution of a full-adder through coherent quantum dynamics, which are inherently energy conservative.
CONTEXT
Current semiconductor technology is reaching its limits, with further miniaturization incurring heavy thermal loads due to the dissipative nature of transistor-based devices, which will subsequently lead the performance to plateau. At the same time, over the past decades, the research and development of quantum computation has grown exponentially.
The proposed technology is a spin-off from this research, where the main purpose is, instead, to exploit a binary encoding of logic in low-energy quantum states to do classical computation with reduced energy cost. Related technologies (e.g. Quantum Dot Cellular Automata) have been proposed for energy efficient computation, however their experimental development has been hindered by the complexity of the devices, which require dozens of quantum dots for even the simplest operations. The presentmodel uses a triple quantum dotsystemto execute the addition of two bits through a series ofFredkin gates, which swap the state of two bits conditional on a third bit.The sum of two bits is a fundamental operation in any computer’s Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU). Thedynamics of theFredkin gateareimplemented through the quantum coherent dynamics of electrons tunneling between the quantum dots, which are inherently conservative.
APPLICATIONS
BENEFITS
DEVELOPMENT STAGE
TRL 2 -Theoretical model based on a realistic, experimentally verified triple quantum dot system. Simulations show the full-adder can be operated with a wide range of realistic parameters, allowing flexibility in the implementation. Given that other triple quantum dot systems have been demonstrated in a lab environment for other purposes, a first proof-of-concept experiment for this technology to achieve TRL 3 is expected to be straightforward.
COMMERCIAL OFFERING
TARGET MARKET
Instituto deTelecomunicações seeks partners within industry or R&D, working on chip manufacturing, semiconductor technologies or quantum computing.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Patent application filed in Portugal (PT116602)
International Patent Application (PCT/PT2021/050022) with excellent ISR and WO (priority date: 24-07-2020)
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
J.P. Moutinho,M.Pezzutto,F.Silva,S.Franceschi, S.Bose,AT. Costa andY.Omar,“Quantumcoherence for energetic advantage in a charge basedfull-adder”,inpreparation.
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TECHNOLOGY ID
PI-1020
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