Design and Operation of HTS SFQ Circuit Elements(<Special Section>Innovative Superconducting Devices and Their Applications)

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Single flux quantum (SFQ) circuit elements have been designed and fabricated using the YBa_2Cu_3O_<7-δ> ramp-edge junction technology. Logic operations of SFQ circuit elements, such as a toggle flip-flop (T-FF), a set-reset flip-flop (RS-FF), and a 96-junction Josephson transmission line (JTL), were successfully demonstrated, and dc supply current margins were confirmed up to temperatures higher than 30K. The circuit layout was improved in order to suppress the critical current (I_c) spread that appears during the junction fabrication procedure. By employing the new circuit layout rule, correct operations at temperatures from 27K to 34K with dc supply current margins wider than ±7% were confirmed for the T-FF with a single output. Moreover, the maximum operating frequencies of T-FFs were measured to be 360GHz at 4.2K and 210GHz at 41K, which are substantially higher than the values for the circuits with the conventional layout. According to the simulation result, the maximum operating frequency at 40K was expected to be approximately 50% of the characteristic frequency at a bit error rate (BER) less than 10^<-6>.
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2007-03-01