• 제목/요약/키워드: flux quantum

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단자속 양자 DFFC와 Inverter의 설계와 측정 (Design and Measurement of SFQ DFFC and Inverter)

  • 정구락;홍희송;박종혁;임해용;강준희;한택상
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.17-20
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    • 2003
  • We have designed and measured a SFQ(Single Flux Quantum) DFFC and an Inverter(NOT) for superconducting ALU(Arithmetic Logic Unit) development. To optimize the circuit, we used Julia, XIC, and L meter for circuit simulations and circuit layouts. The Inverter was consisted of a D Flip-Flop, a data input, a clock input and a data output. If a data pulse arrives at the inverter, then the output reads ‘0’ (no output pulse is produced) at the next clock period. If there is no input data pulse, it reads out ‘1’(output pulse is produced). The DFFC was consisted of a D flip-Flop, an Inverter, a Data in, a Clock in and two outputs. If a data pulse arrives at the DFFC circuit, then the output2 reads ‘1’ at the next clock period, otherwise it reads out ‘1’ to output1. Operation of the fabricated chip was performed at the liquid helium temperature and at the frequencies of 1KHz.

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Acclimation of maximum quantum yield of PSII and photosynthetic pigments of Panax quinquefolius L. to understory light

  • Fournier, Anick R.;T.A., John;Khanizadeh, Shahrokh;Gosselin, Andre;Dorais, Martine
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • 제32권4호
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    • pp.347-356
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    • 2008
  • Forest-grown American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) is exposed to daily and seasonal light variations. Our goal was to determine the effect of understory light changes on the maximum quantum yield of photosystem II, expressed as $F_v/F_m$, and photosynthetic pigment composition of two-year-old plants. Understory light photon flux density and sunfleck durations were characterized using hemispherical canopy photography. Our results showed that understory light significantly affected the $F_v/F_m$ of American ginseng, especially during the initial development of the plants when light levels were the highest, averaging 28 mol $m^{-2}d^{-1}$. Associated with low $F_v/F_m$ during its initial development, American ginseng had the lowest levels of epoxidation state of the xanthophyll cycle of the season, suggesting an active dissipation of excess light energy absorbed by the chlorophyll pigments. As photon flux density decreased after the deployment of the forest canopy to less than 10 mol $m^{-2}d^{-1}$, chlorophyll a/b decreased suggesting a greater investment in light harvesting pigments to reaction centers in order to absorb the fleeting light energy.

자동측정장치를 사용한 RSFQ switch의 Switching error에 관한 연구 (Study of the Switching Errors in an RSFQ Switch by Using a Computerized Test Setup)

  • 김세훈;백승헌;양정국;김준호;강준희
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • 제7권1호
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    • pp.36-40
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    • 2005
  • The problem of fluctuation-induced digital errors in a rapid single flux quantum (RSFQ) circuit has been a very important issue. In this work, we calculated the bit error rate of an RSFQ switch used in superconductive arithmetic logic unit (ALU). RSFQ switch should have a very low error rate in the optimal bias. Theoretical estimates of the RSFQ error rate are on the order of $10^{-50}$ per bit operation. In this experiment, we prepared two identical circuits placed in parallel. Each circuit was composed of 10 Josephson transmission lines (JTLs) connected in series with an RSFQ switch placed in the middle of the 10 JTLs. We used a splitter to feed the same input signal to both circuits. The outputs of the two circuits were compared with an RSFQ exclusive OR (XOR) to measure the bit error rate of the RSFQ switch. By using a computerized bit-error-rate test setup, we measured the bit error rate of $2.18{\times}10^{-12}$ when the bias to the RSFQ switch was 0.398 mA that was quite off from the optimum bias of 0.6 mA.

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Design Improvement and Measurement of a Rapid Single Flux Quantum Confluence Buffer

  • Baek, Seung-Hun;Kim, Jin-Young;Kim, Sehoon;Kang, Joonhee;Jungb, Ku-Rak;Park, Jong-Hyeok;Hahnb, Teak-Shang
    • 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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    • 제6권4호
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    • pp.41-45
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    • 2004
  • Rapid Single flux quantum (RSFQ) confluence buffer is widely used in complex superconductive digital circuits. In this work, we have improved the currently used confluence buffer and obtained a more soundly designed confluence buffer. In simulations, improvements in the bias margins of 11 % and the global margins of 10%, compared to the previously used confluence buffer, were achieved. Global margins are very important in estimating a process error range allowed in fabrications. We used two circuit simulation tools, WRspice and Julia, to design and optimize the confluence buffer. We used Xic to obtain a mask layout. We fabricated the improved circuits by using Nb technology. The test results at low frequency showed that the improved confluence buffer operated correctly and had a very wide main bias margin of +/-43% enhanced from +/-26% of the previously used confluence buffer.

$Nb/A1O_x/Nb$ 조셉슨 접합에서 저항측정을 이용한 Nb 전극의 침투깊이 측정 (Determination of Penetration Depth of Nb Electrodes in $Nb/A1O_x/Nb$ Josephson Junction by Resistive Method)

  • 김동호;김규태;박종원;황준석;홍현권
    • 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.50-54
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    • 2002
  • Penetration depth of Nb electrodes in $Nb/A1O_x/Nb$ Josephson junctions has been measured by resistive method. For a given applied field, the total flux through the junction is temperature dependent because the penetration depth of Nb electrode varies with temperature. If the total flux equals an integral multiple of the flux quantum at certain temperatures, resistive peaks appear at those temperatures. The penetration depth of Nb can be determined by applying the above condition, The temperature dependence of penetration depth was found to be well described by the two-fluid model.