Patent ID: 6917216
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: H03F,H03K

Abstract:
1. A method for amplifying a superconductor output signal, comprising: generating a single flux quantum (SFQ) pulse by injecting the superconductor output signal as a first signal at a “start” input coupled to a superconductor delay element of the amplifier; reflecting the SFQ pulse back and forth between first and second superconductor reflectors coupled to opposite ends of the superconductor delay element, thereby generating a time-disperse plurality of SFQ pulses at an output coupled to the superconductor delay element; thereafter, inputting a second signal at a “stop” input coupled to one of the first and second superconductor reflectors, thereby interrupting the reflecting of the SFQ pulse at the one of the first and second superconductor reflectors, thus ending the generating of the time-disperse plurality of SFQ pulses at the output.