New design and implementation of a fast modulator in NbN technology

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART I, 2005, Pages 453-456

  Baggetta, Emanuele ^a   Ebert, Björn ^a   Hadacek, Nicolas ^a   Villégier, Jean Claude ^a   Maignan, Michel ^b  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

Author keywords

Integrated circuits; NbN superconducting devices; RSFQ logic; SNS Josephson junctions

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FABRICATION; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SAPPHIRE; SILICA; SYNCHRONIZATION;

HIGH FREQUENCY SIMULATION; NBN SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; NIOBIUM NITRIDE (NBN); RAPID SINGLE FLUX QUANTUM (RSFQ) LOGIC; SNS JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS;

MODULATORS;

EID: 22044444432     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849872     Document Type: Conference Paper

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