Energy-Efficient single flux quantum technology

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 21, Issue 3 PART 1, 2011, Pages 760-769

  Mukhanov, Oleg A ^a  

^a HYPRES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic; Cryogenic; Exascale; Low power; Power efficient; RSFQ; SFQ; Switching energy; Voltage regulator

Indexed keywords

EXASCALE; LOW POWER; POWER EFFICIENT; RSFQ; SFQ; SWITCHING ENERGY;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM THEORY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79957952789     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2010.2096792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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