THE CRYOTRON AS A LOGIC ELEMENT,
Abstract
Potentialities are considered of a functionally complete system of logic elements based on the cryotron with a single control grid. Cryotron circuits are shown for all 16 switching functions of two binary variables. The following conclusions are reported as a result of an analysis: (1) Cryotrons permit using a wide functionally complete system of five elements (negation, disjunction, conjunction, NOR, and Webb function) which requires 2--3 cryotrons for each element; the system has wider possibilities and flexibility than limited-basis schemes; (2) The mathematical apparatus developed for other systems of elements is also suitable for synthesizing cryotron logic circuits; (3) Greater number of arguments in logic functions requires minimal additional equipment in cryotron circuits; (4) Cryotron logic elements be equally well used as combination elements or as memory elements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 06, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0683994
Entities
People
- G. A. Mikhailov
- I. A. Artemenko
Organizations
- National Air and Space Intelligence Center