QCADesigner 2.0.3 with integrated Fault-Simulator
This simulator, which has been developed at the ASIC-Reliability Group (ART) at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) by Dayane A. Reis and Frank Sill Torres, is an extended version of the QCADesigner (version 2.0.3), published by the group of K. Walus [1]. This fault simulator is part of a master thesis [2] and has been presented in [3] and [4] (all works and related slides are located in the folder "scientific_docs").
In order to install the tool, extract the file QCADesigner-2.0.3-FS.tar.gz and execute the script ./install-fs.sh. The tool has been sucessfully installed and tested under OpenSUSE 13.1 and CentOS 6. There is no Windows-Version available.
This tool is free to use and to modify. However, you must add following references in case of any publication:
D. A. Reis and F. Sill Torres, "A novel methodology for robustness analysis of QCA circuits", Proceedings of 28th Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design, p. 15:1-15:6, Salvador, Brazil, 2015.
K. Walus, T. J. Dysart, G. A. Jullien, and R. A. Budiman, "QCADesigner: a rapid design and Simulation tool for quantum-dot cellular automata," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 3, pp. 26-31, 2004.
[1] K. Walus, T. J. Dysart, G. A. Jullien, and R. A. Budiman, "QCADesigner: a rapid design and Simulation tool for quantum-dot cellular automata," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 3, pp. 26-31, 2004.
[2] D. A. Reis, "Robustness Analysis and Enhancement Strategies for Quantum-dot Cellular Automata Structures", master thesis, Federal University of Minas Gerais, 2016.
[3] D. A. Reis and F. Sill Torres, "A novel methodology for robustness analysis of QCA circuits", Proceedings of 28th Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design, p. 15:1-15:6, Salvador, Brazil, 2015.
[4] D. A. Reis and F. Sill Torres, "Defects Simulator for Robustness Analysis of QCA Circuits", Journal of Integrated Circuits and Systems, v. 11, p. 86-96, 2016.