文摘
Reversible logic circuits are of high interests to calculate with minimum energy consumption having applications in low-power CMOS design, optical computing and nanotechnology, especially in quantum computer. Quantum computer requires quantum arithmetic. A new design of a reversible arithmetic logic unit (reversible ALU) for quantum arithmetic has been proposed in this article. As we known, ALU is an important part of central processing unit (CPU) as the execution unit. So this article provides explicit construction of reversible ALU effecting basic arithmetic operations. By provided the corresponding control unit, the proposed reversible ALU can combine the classical arithmetic and logic operation in a reversible integrated system. This article provides a new more powerful ALU which contains more functions and it will make contribute to the realization of reversible Programmable Logic Device (RPLD) in future using reversible ALU.