Superconductor digital electronics technology for sensor interfacing at the FLUXONICS Foundry

Author

Kunert, Juergen ; Brandel, Oliver ; Linzen, Sven ; May, Torsten ; Stolz, Ronny ; Meyer, Hans-Georg

Author_Institution

Dept. of Quantum Detection, Leibniz Inst. of Photonic Technol., Jena, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

7-9 July 2014

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

44

Abstract

The integration of superconductor digital electronics together with superconducting sensors can enable smart multi-channel sensor arrays. Applications of such sensors range from basic astrophysical research to advanced security screening devices. The main advantage of superconducting sensor interfaces is the very low power consumption in combination with a very low noise level; both are required in order to keep the excellent superconducting sensor performance without distortions. The FLUXONICS Foundry technology has been optimized with respect to electronic interfaces circuits for analogue sensor readout and signal multiplexing. In this work, we describe this new interface technology and present a comparison with our standard RSFQ technology.

Keywords

foundries; intelligent sensors; low-power electronics; sensor arrays; superconducting integrated circuits; FLUXONICS foundry; advanced security screening devices; analogue sensor readout; electronic interface circuits; low-noise level; low-power consumption; signal multiplexing; smart multichannel sensor arrays; standard RSFQ technology; superconducting sensor interfaces; superconductor digital electronic technology; Josephson junctions; Junctions; Niobium; Resistance; Resistors; Superconducting integrated circuits; Temperature sensors; Integrated circuit manufacture; Josephson junctions; Sensor interface; Superconducting integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Low Temperature Electronics (WOLTE), 2014 11th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Grenoble

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WOLTE.2014.6881021

Filename

6881021