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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2020
Applicant:

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);

Inventors:

Quentin P. Herr, Ellicott City, MD (US);

Anna Y. Herr, Ellicott City, MD (US);

Assignee:

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Falls Church, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/44 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); H01L 39/22 (2006.01); H03K 3/38 (2006.01); H03K 19/195 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/44 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); H01L 39/223 (2013.01); H03K 3/38 (2013.01); H03K 19/195 (2013.01); H03K 19/1952 (2013.01);
Abstract

A Josephson memory array and logic circuits use quasi-long-Josephson-junction interconnects to propagate signals at fast speeds and low energy expense, while permitting for memory arrays as dense fabrics of relatively simple unit cell sub-circuits, which include π Josephson junctions, connected together by the interconnects. Each of the unit cell sub-circuits can be configured as a looped or linear arrangement. The unit cell sub-circuits and interconnects provide a fast, dense memory technology for reciprocal quantum logic (RQL), suitable for low-level caches and other memories collocated with an RQL processor.


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