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Interconnect properties position superconducting digital circuits to build large, high performance, power efficient digital systems. We report a board-to-board communication data link, which is a critical technological component that has…
We have developed a new superconducting digital technology, Reciprocal Quantum Logic, that uses AC power carried on a transmission line, which also serves as a clock. Using simple experiments we have demonstrated zero static power…
Superconducting single flux quantum (SFQ) circuits can process information at extremely high speeds, in the range of hundreds of GHz. SFQ circuits are based on Josephson junction cells for switching logic and ballistic transmission for…
Superconducting digital Pulse-Conserving Logic (PCL) and Josephson SRAM (JSRAM) memory together enable scalable circuits with energy efficiency 100x beyond leading-node CMOS. Circuit designs support high throughput and low latency when…
A clock synchronizing circuit for repeaterless low swing interconnects is presented in this paper. The circuit uses a delay locked loop (DLL) to generate multiple phases of the clock, of which the one closest to the center of the eye is…
We report the design and test of Reciprocal Quantum Logic shift-register yield vehicles consisting of up to 72,800 Josephson junction devices per die, the largest digital superconducting circuits ever reported. Multiple physical layout…
A driven linear oscillator and a feedback mechanism are two necessary elements of any classical periodic clock. Here, we introduce a novel, fully quantum clock using a driven oscillator in the quantum regime and coherent quantum feedback.…
Superconducting quantum processors are a leading platform for implementing practical quantum computation algorithms. Although superconducting quantum processors with hundreds of qubits have been demonstrated, their further scaling up is…
Increasing AI computing demands and slowing transistor scaling have led to the advent of Multi-Chip-Module (MCMs) based accelerators. MCMs enable cost-effective scalability, higher yield, and modular reuse by partitioning large chips into…
Reciprocal Quantum Logic combines the speed and power-efficiency of single-flux quantum superconductor devices with design features that are similar to CMOS. We have demonstrated an 8-bit carry look-ahead adder in the technology using…
The increasing amount of data exchange requires higher-capacity optical communication links. Mode division multiplexing (MDM) is considered as a promising technology to support the higher data throughput. In an MDM system, the mode…
As the demand for high-performance microprocessors increases, the circuit complexity and the rate of data transfer increases resulting in higher power consumption. We propose a clocking architecture that uses a series LC resonance and…
In the last decade, quantum computing has grown from novel physics experiments with a few qubits to commercial systems with hundreds of qubits. As quantum computers continue to grow in qubit count, the classical control systems must scale…
Josephson junction-based qubits have been shown to be promising components for a future quantum computer. A network of these superconducting qubits will require quantum information to be stored in and transferred among them. Resonators made…
A 33.6 ps LSB Time-to-Digital converter was designed in 130 nm BiCMOS technology. The core of the converter is a differential 9-stage ring oscillator, based on a multi-path architecture. A novel version of this design is proposed, along…
Nonreciprocal circuit elements form an integral part of modern measurement and communication systems. Mathematically they require breaking of time-reversal symmetry, typically achieved using magnetic materials and more recently using the…
Microresonator-based frequency combs are strong contenders as light sources for wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM). Recent demonstrations have shown the potential of microresonator combs for replacing tens of WDM lasers with a single…
Superconductor single flux quantum (SFQ) technology is attractive for neuromorphic computing due to low energy dissipation and high, potentially up to 100 GHz, clock rates. We have recently suggested a new family of bioSFQ circuits (V.K.…
Digital single-flux quantum (SFQ) technology promises to meet the demands of ultra low power and high speed computing needed for future exascale supercomputing systems. The combination of ultra high clock frequencies, gate-level pipelines,…
Qubit coherence and gate fidelity are typically considered the two most important metrics for characterizing a quantum processor. An equally important metric is inter-qubit connectivity as it minimizes gate count and allows implementing…