Title :
Recent Developments in Superconductor Digital Electronics Technology at FLUXONICS Foundry
Author :
Kunert, Juergen ; Brandel, Oliver ; Linzen, Sven ; Wetzstein, Olaf ; Toepfer, Hannes ; Ortlepp, Thomas ; Meyer, Hans-Georg
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Quantum Detection, Inst. of Photonic Technol., Jena, Germany
Abstract :
In Europe, the FLUXONICS Foundry develops fabrication processes and design kits for superconductor digital and mixed-signal circuits. We describe the implementation of the “European Roadmap for Superconductor Electronics” into the recent foundry process for superconductor digital electronics. Following the hierarchical cell-based design strategy, we developed a design kit with basic cells. We present experimental results of the process quality, the verified operation margins of the library cells, and the results of low- and high-speed investigations of test circuits. The process is suitable for the integration of complex digital and mixed-signal circuits for smart multichannel superconductor sensor applications with a digital interface.
Keywords :
foundries; integrated circuit manufacture; semiconductor industry; superconducting materials; European roadmap; FLUXONICS foundry process; design kit; digital interface; fabrication process; hierarchical cell based design; library cell; mixed signal circuit; smart multichannel superconductor sensor application; superconductor digital electronics technology; Integrated circuit manufacture; Josephson junctions; superconducting integrated circuits;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2013.2265496