Recent progress of high-temperature superconductor josephson junction technology for digital circuit applications

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E83-C, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-59

  Yoshida, Jiro ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

High temperature superconductors; Josephson junction; Ramp edge type structure; Resonant tunneling; Sfq circuit

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

RAMP-EDGE STRUCTURES;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 0033640697     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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