Duality between superconducting and semiconducting electronics
Abstract
Attention is given to the existence of a formal analogy between semiconductive and superconductive circuits. It is shown by example that many semiconductor circuits have exact duals that are physically realizable in a superconductive technology. A sampling of circuits in both technologies is analyzed and compared on the basis of the analogy, and a FET circuit is described which is the analog of a known superconductive circuit. Finally, the heuristic value of the analogy is emphasized.
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
- Pub Date:
- August 1979
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1979IJSSC..14..758D
- Keywords:
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- Electronics;
- Semiconductor Devices;
- Superconductors;
- Amplifiers;
- Field Effect Transistors;
- Graphs (Charts);
- Magnetometers;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering