Minimization of lines in reversible circuits
Date
2015
Authors
Law, Jayati J.
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
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Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Abstract
Reversible computing has been theoretically shown to be an efficient approach over conventional computing due to the property of virtually zero power dissipation. A major concern in reversible circuits is the number of circuit lines or qubits which are a limited resource. In this thesis we explore the line reduction problem using a decision diagram based synthesis approach and introduce a line reduction algorithm— Minimization of lines using Ordered Kronecker Functional Decision Diagrams (MOKFDD). The algorithm uses a new sub-circuit for a positive Davio node structure in addition to the existing node structures. We also present a shared node ordering for OKFDDs. OKFDDs are a combination of OBDDs and OFDDs. The experimental results shows that the number of circuit lines and quantum cost can be reduced with our proposed approach.
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Ordered Kronecker Functional Decision Diagrams , OKFDDs , reversible logic , Boolean function , logic synthesis , line reduction