Title : 
Reduced Probability of Noise Introduced Malfunction in RSFQ Circuits by Implementing 
Intrinsic 
 
 -Phaseshifter
 
         
        
            Author : 
Mielke, O. ; Ortlepp, T. ; Febvre, P. ; Uhlmann, F.H.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
RSFQ design group, Ilmenau Univ. of Technol., Ilmenau, Germany
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The rapid single flux quantum electronics is characterized by a low switching energy, which makes it susceptible to noise introduced bit-errors. For industrial applications a certain noise immunity is required which is still a challenge especially for circuits of higher complexity. We analysed the influence of each individual resistor in a toggle flip-flop circuit to the overall bit-error rate. The shunt resistors of comparator structures are the dominant noise sources and bias resistors have almost no influence.
         
        
            Keywords : 
error statistics; flip-flops; phase shifters; quantum optics; RSFQ circuits; bit-error rate; comparator structures; flip-flop circuit; intrinsic pi-phaseshifter; noise immunity; noise introduced malfunction; rapid single flux quantum electronics; reduced probability; shunt resistors; switching energy; $pi$-phaseshifter; Bit-error rate (BER); RSFQ; circuit design; thermal noise;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TASC.2009.2018145