Investigation Into the Individual Configuration of Superconducting Phase Shift Elements Made of Ferromagnetic Patterns for Reconfigurable Circuits

Abstract

Reconfigurable superconducting phase shift elements (PSEs) provide high design flexibility in rapid single flux quantum (RSFQ) circuits. Small ferromagnetic patterns were placed on superconducting loops in an RSFQ circuit. The patterns serve as reconfigurable PSEs providing the direction and magnitude of magnetization can be controlled for each pattern individually. A two-dimensional wire mesh architecture was employed to allow for individual configuration and to reduce the number of wires required. Although opposing magnetic fields may occasionally be generated during half-selection using this architecture, experimentally obtained magnetization curves revealed that the orientation of the magnetic field was maintained. An RSFQ circuit, using a reconfigurable PSE, has been successfully demonstrated, potentially leading to large-scale reconfigurable RSFQ circuits