Abstract
We proposed and successfully demonstrated a high-speed Josephson IC to semiconductor IC output interface circuit combining a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) amplifier and Josephson high-voltage drivers successfully. We developed a 0.5-μm gate 77-K wide-band analog monolithic HEMT amplifier for the interface. The HEMT device consisted of InGaP/InGaAs materials stable even at 77 K. The amplifier has a differential amplifier as a first stage to cancel out ground-level fluctuations in the Josephson IC and showed a voltage gain of 23 dB and -3-dB frequency of 8 GHz. A 0.63-Vp-p output was obtained from a 5-GHz, 30-mVp-p complementary input signal. We succeeded in transferring a voltage signal from 10-stack Josephson high voltage drivers to a 50-Ω system at room temperature with 0.7-Vp-p amplitude at 300-MHz clock using the HEMT amplifier.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 66-73 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2000 Jan |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering