Single-Electron Information-Processing Circuit Mimicking Behavior of Fish Shoals

Design of single-electron information-processing circuit modeled on Boids algorithm of fish shoals

“…9, the occurrence of electron tunneling propagated in the same manner that fish gather. In our previous studies [35,36], we succeeded in designing "collision avoidance" and "alignment" circuits as SE circuits and confirmed their desired operations through computer simulation. For collision avoidance, we used a modified two-dimensional array of SEOs [35].…”

“…In our previous studies [35,36], we succeeded in designing "collision avoidance" and "alignment" circuits as SE circuits and confirmed their desired operations through computer simulation. For collision avoidance, we used a modified two-dimensional array of SEOs [35]. This can be merged into the first layer of our SE circuit for this study (Fig.…”

“…6). For alignment, we partially controlled the V d of the SEOs in the two-dimensional array [36]. This approach can be used for the first layer.…”

“…We imitated the behavior of fish shoals by associating the Boids algorithm for forming fish shoals with the behavior of an SE circuit. In the early stage of our research, we succeeded in designing the circuits for "collision avoidance" and "alignment" and verified their operations through computer simulation [35,36]. In this paper, we designed an SE circuit for the remaining rule, i.e., "combining."…”