Single Flux Quantum Integrated Circuit Design

Gleb Krylov, Eby G. Friedman

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9783030768843
• eBook ISBN:
  9783030768850
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
• Index: Technology & Engineering

High efficiency, large scale, stationary computing systems – supercomputers and data centers – are becoming increasingly important due to the movement of data storage and processing onto remote cloud servers. This book is dedicated to a technology particularly appropriate for this application – superconductive electronics, in particular, rapid single flux quantum circuits. The primary purpose of this book is to introduce and systematize recent developments in superconductive electronics into a cohesive whole to support the further development of large scale computing systems.

A brief background into the physics of superconductivity and the operation of common superconductive devices is provided, followed by an introduction into different superconductive logic families, including the logic gates, interconnect, and bias current distribution. Synchronization, fabrication, and electronic design automation methodologies are presented, reviewing both widely established concepts and techniques as well as recent approaches. Issues related to memory, synchronization, bias networks, and testability are described, and models, circuits, algorithms, and design methodologies are discussed and placed in context. The aim of this book is to provide insight and engineering intuition into the design of large scale digital superconductive circuits and systems.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Physics and Devices of Superconductive Electronics
• 3. Superconductive Circuits
• 4. Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) Circuits
• 5. Synchronization
• 6. Superconductive IC Manufacturing
• 7. EDA for Superconductive Electronics
• 8. Compact Model of Superconductor-Ferromagnetic Transistor
• 9. Inductive Coupling Noise in Multilayer Superconductive ICs
• 10. Sense Amplifier for Spin-Based Cryogenic Memory Cell
• 11. Dynamic Single Flux Quantum Majority Gates
• 12. Wave Pipelining in DSFQ Circuits
• 13. Design Guidelines for ERSFQ Bias Networks
• 14. Partitioning RSFQ Circuits for Current Recycling
• 15. GALS Clocking and Shared Interconnect for Large Scale SFQ Systems
• 16. Design for Testability of SFQ Circuits
• 17. Conclusions
• Back Matter