SCENET roadmap for superconductor digital electronics

• Published in: Physica. C, Superconductivity Vol. 439; no. 1; pp. 1 - 41
• Main Authors: ter Brake, H.J.M., Buchholz, F.-Im, Burnell, G., Claeson, T., Crété, D., Febvre, P., Gerritsma, G.J., Hilgenkamp, H., Humphreys, R., Ivanov, Z., Jutzi, W., Khabipov, M.I., Mannhart, J., Meyer, H.-G., Niemeyer, J., Ravex, A., Rogalla, H., Russo, M., Satchell, J., Siegel, M., Töpfer, H., Uhlmann, F.H., Villégier, J.-C., Wikborg, E., Winkler, D., Zorin, A.B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01-06-2006; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Circuit properties; Design. Technologies. Operation analysis. Testing; Digital circuits; Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits; Electronic circuits; Electronics; Exact sciences and technology; Integrated circuits; Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices; Superconducting devices; Cryogenic electronics; Supercomputer; Superconducting logic circuits; Circuit design; Thermal management (packaging); Circuit simulation; Industrial application; Quantum logic; Review; Research and development; Prospective; Superconducting materials; Superconducting integrated circuits; European community; Superconducting quantum interferometer device; Cooling system; Digital circuit
• ISSN: 0921-4534; 1873-2143
• DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2005.10.017

The roadmap gives an overview on status and future developments in Superconducting Digital Electronics (SDE). Key areas in SDE under focus are applications, circuit simulation and design, circuit fabrication, interfacing and testing, cooling and system aspects, and new devices and materials. Care was taken to establish the vital link between research and development on the one hand and the industrial view on the other hand. The present roadmap is based on extensive input from the roadmap working group on SDE established by
SCENET – the European Network for Superconductivity, intensified by the activities of the
FLUXONICS Network – the European Foundry for Superconducting Electronics. It is the result of many years of discussion in the group and of consultations with experts in the field, on the way to bring together industrial expectations and visionary extrapolation and current status of technology.