{"title":"A transformation based algorithm for reversible logic synthesis","authors":"D. M. Miller, D. Maslov, Gerhard, Dueck","doi":"10.1145/775832.775915","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A digital combinational logic circuit is reversible if it maps each input pattern to a unique output pattern. Such circuits are of interest in quantum computing, optical computing, nanotechnology and low-power CMOS design. Synthesis approaches are not well developed for reversible circuits even for small numbers of inputs and outputs. In this paper, a transformation based algorithm for the synthesis of such a reversible circuit in terms of n /spl times/ n Toffoli gates is presented. Initially, a circuit is constructed by a single pass through the specification with minimal look-ahead and no back-tracking. Reduction rules are then applied by simple template matching. The method produces very good results for larger problems.","PeriodicalId":167477,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 2003. Design Automation Conference (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37451)","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2003-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"542","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings 2003. Design Automation Conference (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37451)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/775832.775915","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A digital combinational logic circuit is reversible if it maps each input pattern to a unique output pattern. Such circuits are of interest in quantum computing, optical computing, nanotechnology and low-power CMOS design. Synthesis approaches are not well developed for reversible circuits even for small numbers of inputs and outputs. In this paper, a transformation based algorithm for the synthesis of such a reversible circuit in terms of n /spl times/ n Toffoli gates is presented. Initially, a circuit is constructed by a single pass through the specification with minimal look-ahead and no back-tracking. Reduction rules are then applied by simple template matching. The method produces very good results for larger problems.