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Splitter

``Cloning'' of SFQ pulses is easy and can be done by a JTL with two outputs (see Fig. gif).

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Figure:   Splitter

One junction cannot drive more than two other junctions and if ``fan-outs'' larger than 2 are needed it is a common practice to build ``trees'' of splitters with the output of one splitter connected to the input of another. In principle, this approach allows arbitrary large fan-outs to be achieved but it should be noted that each splitting stage introduces an additional delay of the SFQ pulse and if the ``tree'' is big enough, the total delay between the incoming pulse and the wave of its ``clones'' as well as the relative delays between the ``clones'' may create a serious timing problem.


Alexander Rylyakov
Fri May 23 18:57:25 EDT 1997