Kitchen table testing of 10 GHz superconducting electronic circuits

Coenrad J. Fourie; Willem J. Perold; Ulrich Büttner

Kitchen table testing of 10 GHz superconducting electronic circuits

Coenrad J. Fourie^*, Willem J. Perold, Ulrich Büttner

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

As the clock speeds of experimental digital electronic circuits increase beyond the measurement ranges of commercial oscilloscopes, the testing and verification thereof becomes a significant problem. Superconducting circuits add further complications, such as 4 Kelvin operating temperatures, output signal levels of around 300 μV, and the need for comprehensive magnetic field screening. This article discusses the testing of such circuits with minimal equipment and very low budgets.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	537-542
Number of pages	6
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	2004 IEEE AFRICON: 7th AFRICON Conference in Africa: Technology Innovation - Gaborone, Botswana Duration: Sep 15 2004 → Sep 17 2004

Other

Other	2004 IEEE AFRICON: 7th AFRICON Conference in Africa: Technology Innovation
Country/Territory	Botswana
City	Gaborone
Period	09/15/04 → 09/17/04

Keywords

Cryogenic testbed
Low frequency testing
RSFQ
Superconducting electronics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Kitchen table testing of 10 GHz superconducting electronic circuits

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