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Compound Gates for Pipeline Depth Optimization in Single Flux Quantum Integrated Systems

Bairamkulov, Rassul  
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De Micheli, Giovanni  
June 5, 2023
GVLSI 2023: Proceedings of the Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI 2023

Superconductive electronics is a promising candidate for supplementing or replacing existing CMOS VLSI systems. Rapid single-flux quantum (RSFQ) is one of the most advanced superconductive technologies operating at tens of gigahertz while reducing the operating power by up to three orders of magnitude as compared to conventional semiconductor systems. Achieving VLSI complexity of RSFQ integrated systems, however remains an elusive task due to fundamental differences between RSFQ and CMOS technologies. Most RSFQ logic gates, such as NOT and XOR are sequential in nature. Compared to CMOS, the number of logical pipeline stages is prohibitively large, greatly complicating the design of complex systems. Furthermore, additional circuitry, such as splitters and path balancing flip flops, constitute a major overhead. In this paper, a gate compounding technique is presented to maximize the functionality achievable within a single clock cycle. The logic gates are decomposed into primitives that can be efficiently combined to evaluate complex expressions in a single clock cycle. Structures generated by gate compounding are not sensitive to signal arrival time, simplifying the system design process. The expressive power of SFQ logic is increased, allowing any two-input truth table to be implemented within a single clock cycle. A 4-bit carry lookahead adder (CLA) is implemented using compound gates, demonstrating smaller area, pipeline depth, and clock tree size.

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