Complementary output switching logic: A superconducting voltage-state logic family operating at microwave frequencies
Date
1998
Authors
Perold W.J.
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Abstract
The development of a new superconducting logic family, Complementary Output Switching Logic (COSL), is described. It is described how the two main problems inhibiting superconducting operation at microwave frequencies, namely magnetic flux trapping and large variations of the nominal component values due to the fabrication process, are solved. A brief overview of the operation of the basic logic gate and the layout process is given. Measured results of the basic gates are given for frequencies up to 18 GHz. The measured results of more complex circuits, such as a code converter and a pseudo-random bit sequence generator, are also presented.
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Electric network analysis, Equivalent circuits, Josephson junction devices, Logic gates, Magnetic flux, Superconductivity, Complementary output switching logic (COSL), Logic circuits
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Proceedings of the South African Symposium on Communications and Signal Processing, COMSIG