IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

DC voltage multipliers: a novel application of synchronization in Josephson junction arrays

Vasili K. Semenov, M.A. Voronova

Published Mar 1, 1989• 29 citations

Abstract

New types of followers and follower/doublers of DC voltage are proposed and analyzed. Operation of the devices is based on synchronization of the single-flux quantum (SFQ) pulses generated by overdamped Josephson junctions coupled by means of passive capacitive or inductive circuits. Two ways of combining the followers and doublers to get DC voltage multipliers and standards are described. Possible applications of these devices in A/D and D/A converters and RSFQ (rapid SFQ) logic circuits are also discussed. It is believed that the proposed multipliers and standards could produce stable output voltages in the 1-10 V range with output currents in the 0.1-1 mA range.>

DOI: 10.1109/20.92565

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