Flux-1 RSFQ microprocessor: Physical design and test results

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 13, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 433-436

  Bunyk, Paul ^a   Leung, Mike ^a   Spargo, John ^a   Dorojevets, Mikhail ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY;

GATE INTERCONNECTS;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 0041778334     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.813890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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