Analysis of a High-Temperature Superconductor Quantum Flux Parametron Operating at 77 K

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 3522-3526

  Jeffery, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; PARAMETRIC DEVICES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; THERMAL NOISE; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR QUANTUM FLUX PARAMETRON;

LOGIC CIRCUITS;

EID: 0029538926     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: 15582515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.482144     Document Type: Article

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