Demonstration of a series array interferometer logic (SAIL) superconductive digital circuit

Karen E. Yokoyama; Steve Schwarzbek; Roger A. Davidheiser; Jerome A. Luine; Neal Schneier

doi:10.1117/12.181006

2 July 1994 Demonstration of a series array interferometer logic (SAIL) superconductive digital circuit

Karen E. Yokoyama, Steve Schwarzbek, Roger A. Davidheiser, Jerome A. Luine, Neal Schneier

Proceedings Volume 2160, Superconductive Devices and Circuits; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.181006
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

TRW is developing High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) electronics to dramatically improve the performance of space- based communications systems. These systems demand high speed analog-to-digital converters, high speed digital multiplexers, and quadriphase modulation of rf carrier signals. TRW has demonstrated an HTS high-speed multiplexer and a digital phase modulator that operates at microwave frequencies. The latter is the fundamental building block of a Quadriphase Modulator Exciter (QME). TRW has also developed an HTS cryogenic packaging subsystem which uses a commercially available palm-sized cryocooler. This package represents the first demonstration of an HTS self-supporting system. Package verification tests revealed that the package is capable of supporting high speed I/O and demonstrates reliable connectivity through multiple interfaces. The successful operation of a digital phase modulator has been demonstrated with this package.

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Karen E. Yokoyama, Steve Schwarzbek, Roger A. Davidheiser, Jerome A. Luine, and Neal Schneier "Demonstration of a series array interferometer logic (SAIL) superconductive digital circuit", Proc. SPIE 2160, Superconductive Devices and Circuits, (2 July 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.181006

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