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### A review on performances of reversible ripple-carry adders

Stéphane Burignat UGent and Alexis De Vos UGent (2012)
abstract
Quantum computing and circuits are of growing interest and so is reversible logic as it plays an important role in the synthesis of quantum circuits. Moreover, reversible logic provides an alternative to classical computing machines, that may overcome many of the power dissipation problems in the near future. Some ripple-carry adders based on a do-spy-undo structure have been designed and tested reversibly. This paper presents a brief overview of the performances obtained with such chips processed in standard 0.35 μm CMOS technology and used in true reversible calculation (computations are performed forwards and backwards such that addition and subtraction are made reversibly with the same chip). Adiabatic signals used are known to allow the signal energy stored on the various capacitances of the circuit to be redistributed rather than being dissipated as heat while allowing to avoid calculation errors introduced by the use of conventional rectangular pulses. Through the example of both simulations and experimental results, this paper aims at providing a base of knowledge and know how in physical implementation of reversible circuits.
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Performances of reversible ripple-carry adders : review
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journalArticle (review)
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in press
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keyword
error propagation, test and measurement, adiabatic signal, quantum computation, Spectre simulation, sum-difference block, ripple-carry adder, pass-transistor logic, implementation, reversible computation, design
journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Int. J. Electron. Telecommun.
ISSN
2081-8491
project
MicroPower
language
English
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yes
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A2
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2025472
handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-2025472
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2012-02-09 14:28:02
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2012-03-12 11:00:30
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abstract     = {Quantum computing and circuits are of growing interest and so is reversible logic as it plays an important role in the synthesis of quantum circuits. Moreover, reversible logic provides an alternative to classical computing machines, that may overcome many of the power dissipation problems in the near future. Some ripple-carry adders based on a do-spy-undo structure have been designed and tested reversibly. This paper presents a brief overview of the performances obtained with such chips processed in standard 0.35 \ensuremath{\mu}m CMOS technology and used in true reversible calculation (computations are performed forwards and backwards such that addition and subtraction are made reversibly with the same chip). Adiabatic signals used are known to allow the signal energy stored on the various capacitances of the circuit to be redistributed rather than being dissipated as heat while allowing to avoid calculation errors introduced by the use of conventional rectangular pulses. Through the example of both simulations and experimental results, this paper aims at providing a base of knowledge and know how in physical implementation of reversible circuits.},
author       = {Burignat, St{\'e}phane and De Vos, Alexis},
issn         = {2081-8491},
journal      = {INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS},
keyword      = {error propagation,test and measurement,adiabatic signal,quantum computation,Spectre simulation,sum-difference block,ripple-carry adder,pass-transistor logic,implementation,reversible computation,design},
language     = {eng},
title        = {A review on performances of reversible ripple-carry adders},
year         = {2012},
}


Chicago
Burignat, Stéphane, and Alexis De Vos. 2012. “A Review on Performances of Reversible Ripple-carry Adders.” International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications.
APA
Burignat, S., & De Vos, A. (2012). A review on performances of reversible ripple-carry adders. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
Vancouver
1.
Burignat S, De Vos A. A review on performances of reversible ripple-carry adders. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS. 2012;
MLA
Burignat, Stéphane, and Alexis De Vos. “A Review on Performances of Reversible Ripple-carry Adders.” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS (2012): n. pag. Print.