IEEJ Transactions on Fundamentals and Materials
Online ISSN : 1347-5533
Print ISSN : 0385-4205
ISSN-L : 0385-4205
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Functional Switching in Quantum-Flux-Parametron with Ferromagnetic Patterns
Hiroshi ItoSoya TaniguchiSota KurokawaMasamitsu TanakaHiroyuki AkaikeAkira Fujimaki
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2016 Volume 136 Issue 12 Pages 753-758

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Functional switching has been demonstrated based on quantum flux parametron (QFP) circuits with ferromagnetic patterns toward reconfigurable circuits. We form small ferromagnetic patterns of a PdNi alloy on a superconducting loop without degradation of superconductivity. Direction and strength of magnetization of ferromagnetic patterns are controlled by direction and magnitude of an applied magnetic field in a cooling process around the Currie points of the alloy. The ferromagnetic patterns induce a circulating current serving as one of the input currents in a three-inputs QFP majority gate. We obtained functional switching between the AND to the OR operation depending on the direction and strength of magnetization of the ferromagnetic patterns experimentally. The obtained operation margin agreed with a numerically obtained margin, though the magnitude of magnetization at the switching between two operation modes was different. This technique add new functionality and flexibility to the QFP-based integrated circuits.

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