Adiabatic quantum-flux-parametron with delay-line clocking: logic gate demonstration and phase skipping operation
arXiv:2107.12020 · doi:10.1088/1361-6668/ac2e9f
Abstract
Adiabatic quantum-flux-parametron (AQFP) logic is an energy-efficient superconductor logic family. The latency of AQFP circuits is relatively long compared to that of other superconductor logic families and thus such circuits require low-latency clocking schemes. In a previous study, we proposed a low-latency clocking scheme called delay-line clocking, in which the latency for each logic operation is determined by the propagation delay of the excitation current, and demonstrated a simple AQFP buffer chain that adopts delay-line clocking. However, it is unclear whether more complex AQFP circuits can adopt delay-line clocking. In the present study, we demonstrate AQFP logic gates (AND and XOR gates) that use delay-line clocking as a step towards implementing large-scale AQFP circuits with delay-line clocking. AND and XOR gates with a latency of approximately 20 ps per gate are shown to operate at up to 5 and 4 GHz, respectively, in experiments. We also demonstrate that delay-line clocking enables phase skipping operation, in which some of the AQFP buffers for phase synchronization are removed to reduce the junction count and energy dissipation. The results indicate that delay-line clocking can enable low-latency, low-energy, large-scale AQFP circuits.
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