We adopt superconductor/ferromagnet/insulator/superconductor (SFIS) Josephson junctions (JJs) as both switching JJs and intrinsic π phase shifters in superconductor digital circuits. The critical current density (Jc) and characteristic voltage (Vc) of the SFIS junctions are about 22 A/cm2 and 22 μV, respectively. The intrinsic π phase shift is confirmed by measuring the suppressed nominal critical current Icn and half-period-shifted modulation pattern of a π–π–π superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) that contains three π-JJs in a superconducting loop. A single-flux-quantum (SFQ) circuit composed of a DC/SFQ, Josephson transmission line (JTL), and SFQ/DC converter based on SFIS JJs alone is demonstrated at 4.2 K. The energy dissipation of the SFQ/DC converter decreases by 80% because some JJs are self-biased by the π phase shifter. The intrinsic circulating currents induced by the π phase shifters lead to a narrow bias margin (±5%) and even error function, which can be solved by parameters optimization or circuit initialization in the future. The half-modulation period (Φ0/2) of a half-flux-quantum (HFQ) SQUID (a partial HFQ JTL) exhibits propagation of HFQ between π–π–π SQUIDs, indicating that more complex HFQ circuits can be developed with π-JJs alone in the future.
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17 April 2023
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April 20 2023
Superconductor digital circuits with π junctions alone
Special Collection:
Advances in Superconducting Logic
Feng Li
;
Feng Li
a)
(Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
Department of Electronics, Nagoya University
, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: [email protected]
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Yuto Takeshita
;
Yuto Takeshita
(Investigation, Validation)
Department of Electronics, Nagoya University
, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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Masamitsu Tanaka
;
Masamitsu Tanaka
(Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – original draft)
Department of Electronics, Nagoya University
, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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Akira Fujimaki
Akira Fujimaki
(Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
Department of Electronics, Nagoya University
, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: [email protected]
Note: This paper is part of the APL Special Collection on Advances in Superconducting Logic.
Appl. Phys. Lett. 122, 162601 (2023)
Article history
Received:
January 31 2023
Accepted:
April 11 2023
Citation
Feng Li, Yuto Takeshita, Masamitsu Tanaka, Akira Fujimaki; Superconductor digital circuits with π junctions alone. Appl. Phys. Lett. 17 April 2023; 122 (16): 162601. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0144604
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