An HTS Quasi-One Junction SQUID-Based Periodic Threshold Comparator for a 4-bit Superconductive Flash A/D Converter

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 3452-3458

  Wiegerink, Remco J ^a   Gerritsma, Gerrit J ^a   Eugene, M ^a   Verhoeven, Martin A J ^a   Rogalla, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRITICAL CURRENTS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SQUIDS;

FLUX FLOW; PERIODIC THRESHOLD COMPARATOR; SUPERCONDUCTIVE FLASH A/D CONVERTER; THERMAL NOISE IMMUNITY;

COMPARATOR CIRCUITS;

EID: 0029378340     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: 15582515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.413150     Document Type: Article

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