A 300 mV Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer Chip at NIM
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Abstract
This paper describes the status of developing Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer (JAWS) chips at NIM (National Institute of Metrology, China). To obtain high junction integration density and fewer data input channels, the chip employs an on-chip Wilkinson power divider and inside/outside dc blocks, enabling both arrays to be driven by a single pulse-generator channel. In addition, the tapered coplanar waveguide structure is used to ensure the microwave uniformity of the long-junction array. Each array consisted of 4000 double-stack Nb/NbxSi1−x/Nb junctions, and 16,000 junctions are integrated in the chip in total. The JAWS chip demonstrates good performance, capable of synthesizing a 300 mV root mean square (rms) voltage with exceptionally low harmonic distortion. Dc and ac voltage-current characteristics measurements indicate that the junctions are with a critical current of 2.5 mA, and a normal-state resistance of 4.5 mΩ per junction. Contact aligners are manually operated to fabricate the chips, and process errors in the fabrication are estimated in this paper.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Electrical Measurement Techniques · Advanced Frequency and Time Standards · Microwave and Dielectric Measurement Techniques
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College of Metrology Measurement and Instrumentation, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100029, China
School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
School of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150008, China
Funding
National Key R&D Program of China
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