Arrangement and method relating to digital information in superconducting circuits
First Claim
1. A logic circuit arrangement comprising signal input means, signal output means, and a number of single flux quantum circuits comprising Josephson junctions, wherein the single flux quantum circuits are sampled at at least one of the signal input and output means for producing DC voltages, digital information is carried by a train comprising at least two single flux quanta, and at least two different dynamic states are available via phase locking between at least two of the Josephson junctions, of which dynamic states at least one provides an output signal wherein at least one Josephson junction is connected to each of the signal input and output means, between which an active circuit comprising a number of Josephson junctions is arranged.
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Abstract
A logic circuit arrangement includes signal input and signal output devices and a number of SFQ circuits having Josephson junctions in which carrier devices are used for carrying digital information. The SFQ circuits are sampled at the input/output for producing DC voltages and a train having at least two single flux quanta is used as a carrier device for information and phase locking between at least two Josephson junctions is used to provide at least two different dynamic states of which at least one provides an output signal.
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- 1. A logic circuit arrangement comprising signal input means, signal output means, and a number of single flux quantum circuits comprising Josephson junctions, wherein the single flux quantum circuits are sampled at at least one of the signal input and output means for producing DC voltages, digital information is carried by a train comprising at least two single flux quanta, and at least two different dynamic states are available via phase locking between at least two of the Josephson junctions, of which dynamic states at least one provides an output signal wherein at least one Josephson junction is connected to each of the signal input and output means, between which an active circuit comprising a number of Josephson junctions is arranged.
- 26. An arrangement for processing digital information, comprising a number of logic elements, each comprising input and output means, wherein the input and output means comprise superconductors, and a superconducting voltage supplying means is connected to each logic element for supplying the respective logic element with substantially the same voltage as is supplied to other logic elements, and each logic element further comprises a number of Josephson junctions arranged such that phase locking of single flux quanta between the Josephson junctions determines output signals of the logic elements.
- 30. A method for stabilizing a digital logic circuit having a number of logic elements each including a number of Josephson junctions, comprising the steps of connecting each logic element to superconducting voltage supply means, supplying to each logic element substantially the same voltage, and using phase locking between Josephson junctions of each respective element to provide an output signal of the respective logic element.
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