Abstract
The design and experimental results for a novel type of Josephson memory cell are presented. The cell has a simpler construction than the conventional Henkels-type, using a one-junction SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device) capacitively coupled to a single junction. Binary data are stored as single flux quanta and are destructively read out by sensing a pulse caused by a vortex-mode transition. Computer simulations suggest that the read operation could be performed with a bias margin for the sense junction of +or-28% and that the rise time of the sense current in a 16-bit memory cell would be as fast as 30 ps, despite having to sense a vortex-mode transition. Results are presented for a memory cell fabricated with Nb-AlO/sub x/-Nb junctions.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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