Research Article

An Efficient Design of DCT Approximation Based on Quantum Dot Cellular Automata (QCA) Technology

Table 2

Comparison of the proposed 8-bit adder with the previous works.

CircuitCell countArea (μm2)Clock no. cycleCrossover type

Full adder [54]17821.4910Multilayer
Full adder [47]7890.94810Multilayer
Full adder [55]5170.5910Multilayer
Full adder [48]5720.49211Coplanar
Proposed adder5260.893.5Coplanar