A NRZ-output amplifier for RSFQ circuits

Author

Koch, R. ; Ostertag, P. ; Crocoll, E. ; Gotz, M. ; Neuhaus, M. ; Scherer, T. ; Winter, M. ; Jutzi, W.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Elektrotech. Grundlagen der Inf., Karlsruhe Univ., Germany

Volume

9

Issue

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3549

Lastpage

3552

Abstract

Interfaces between RSFQ circuits in the Return-to-Zero (RZ) and semiconductor circuits in the Non-Return-to-Zero (NRZ) mode are developed for data transmission at about 10 GHz clock frequencies reducing the errors owing to a finite sampling jitter of conventional room temperature equipment. A prototype of a NRZ output interface with the Nb-Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/-Nb technology has been simulated, implemented and successfully tested at 100 MHz. The interface can easily be combined with a superconducting pulse amplifier for NRZ output signals in the range of several mV. Corresponding simulations and a layout of the amplifier are presented.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; circuit simulation; clocks; niobium; pulse amplifiers; superconducting logic circuits; timing jitter; type II superconductors; 10 GHz; 100 MHz; NRZ-output amplifier; RSFQ circuits; clock frequencies; data transmission; finite sampling jitter; non-return-to-zero (NRZ) mode; output interface; simulations; superconducting pulse amplifier; Circuits; Clocks; Data communication; Frequency; Jitter; Optical signal processing; Pulse amplifiers; Sampling methods; Temperature; Virtual prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.783796

Filename

783796