Design of Three-Dimensional Molecular Integrated Circuits and Molecular Architectronics

This paper reports a unified synthesis taxonomy in design of three-dimensional (3D) molecular integrated circuits (
^M
ICs). These
^M
ICs, fabricated utilizing bottom-up molecular fabrication technologies, are designed as aggregated neuronal hypercells (
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hypercell). Each
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hypercell is implemented using molecular gates (
^M
gates) which composed from multi-terminal molecular electronic devices that exhibit and operate due to quantum phenomena. The intelligent library of
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hypercell aggregates,,
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hypercells,
^M
gates, molecular devices and data-structure primitives can be developed and utilized. To address complexity and technology dependence, this paper documents innovative methods in design, optimization, evaluation and verification of 3D
^M
ICs. The logic design of
^M
ICs is accomplished by using a novel technology-centric concept based on the use of
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hypercells and linear decision diagrams. We initiate the developments of a 3D super-large-scale integration (
^3D
SLSI) design concept. This paper reports a proof-of-concept CAD design tools illustrating and verifying the results for combinational
^M
ICs.