The quantum-dot large-neighborhood cellular nonlinear network (QLN-CNN) in nanotechnology

The quantum-dot large-neighborhood cellular neural (nonlinear) network (QLN-CNN) is proposed and analyzed. In the proposed QLN-CNN, the quantum dots are used to realized neuron cells whereas the strength of Coulombic forces among neurons are used as weights among neurons. The proposed QLN-CNN can perform the functions of image noise removal. It has small chip area and high cell density. Moreover, the power dissipation is very low. Thus large-size QLN-CNN could be realized for nanoelectronic systems.