An RSFQ DC-resettable latch for building memory and reprogrammable circuits
Date
2005
Authors
Fourie C.J.
Perold W.J.
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Abstract
A new RSFQ latch, the DC-Resettable Latch (DCRL), is introduced. The DCRL functions like a standard nondestructive readout register (NDRO), except that it requires a dc current or current pulse to reset. This allows the DCRL to be used as a memory element in large memory blocks, where the entire block can be erased with a current pulse from a single threaded current line instead of unwieldy pulse distribution circuitry. The reset current can be applied by off-chip control logic, or on-chip bipolar current elements such as HUFFLEs. However, the DCRL is most useful as the base building block of complex reprogrammable RSFQ circuitry. © 2005 IEEE.
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Data storage equipment, Electric currents, Electric lines, Josephson junction devices, Logic circuits, Monte Carlo methods, Nondestructive readout, Optimization, Semiconductor device manufacture, Josephson transmission lines (JTL), Latches, Nondestructive readout register (NDRO), Rapid single flux quantum (RSFQ), Reprogrammable circuits, Flip flop circuits
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
15
2 PART I
15
2 PART I