Noise Analysis of the Quantum Flux Parametron

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 156-164

  Ko, Herbert L ^a   Lee, Gregory S ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THERMAL NOISE;

CURRENT COMPARAORS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION PLASMA FREQUENCY; QUANTUM FLUX PARAMETRON (QFP); THERMAL ACTIVATION; TIMING DISCRIMINATORS;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 0026925167     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: 15582515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.160155     Document Type: Article

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