Patent 10389361 was granted and assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION on August, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Superconducting methods of determining AND, OR, AND-OR, and OR-AND logic values use single flux quantum (SFQ) pulses to assert logical inputs of a reciprocal quantum logic (RQL) gate by placing currents in input storage loops in the RQL gate and, based on the currents in the storage loops, triggering logical decision Josephson junctions (JJs) in the gate, such that an assertion or de-assertion signal corresponding to the logical function of the gate is observed at the output. The methods permit for outputs based on at least four logical inputs to be achieved.