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Use of High-Temperature Superconductors in High Speed Electronic Switches with Current Gain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Bryan A. Biegel  and
R. Singh
Bryan A. Biegel
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019
R. Singh
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019
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Abstract

Recent developments in superconductivity have taken 77 K superconducting electronics from a dream to a likelihood. Rather than following the conventional path by developing Josephson junction-based devices, this paper discusses the unique possibilities of hybrid superconductor/semiconductor devices. The two devices discussed are a true three-terminal hybrid resonant tunneling transistor and the semiconductor-coupled Josephson junction. Also, a list is given of as yet uninvestigated issues concerning the new superconductors and their proximity effects with semiconductors -issues that are critical to the operation of these hybrid superconductor/semiconductor devices.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 99: Symposium AA – High-Temperature Superconductors , 1987 , 873
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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