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Publication
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Paper
Damped Three-Junction Interferometers for Latching Logic
Abstract
This paper describes the design, fabrication and characterization of damped three-junction interferometers suitable for LSI latching logic. The high speed and low power dissipation of Josephson interferometers make them ideal devices for logic applications.1 However, their inherent high Q gives rise to resonances which appear as current steps in the quasiparticle curve.2’3 If not controlled, these current steps can interfere with the proper operation of logic circuits. Studies have shown that these resonances can be effectively damped4 by shunting the interferometer inductance with a small resistance. In this work the interferometers were made by placing the interferometer loops parallel to the groundplane and clustering the Josephson junctions together. This minimized the loop inductance associated with the counterelectrode which in turn meant that adequate damping could be achieved with metallurgically compatible short resistors connected only to the base electrode. The resultant structure with two overlying control lines each 2.5gm wide had an area of 0.008mm2. The Josephson junctions were 5gm in diameter. The measured damped resonance characteristics and threshold characteristics (Ig(Vg) and Im(Ic) respectively) of these structures agreed very well with theory4’5. © 1979 IEEE