Abstract: An alternating current powering arrangement for use with Josephson junction devices which have bilateral gain characteristics is disclosed. Using an alternating current input to a Josephson junction logic circuit, it is possible to carry out a desired binary logic function during one half of an alternating current cycle; reset the logic circuit; and carry out a different binary logic function during the second half of the alternating current cycle. In the instance of latching circuits, the Josephson junction logic circuits are reset by the passage of the alternating current (which is normally the gate current of the Josephson junction) through zero every half cycle. In the instance of self-resetting devices, the Josephson junctions normally reset themselves to the zero voltage state. Single phase and multiphase logic circuit powering arrangements are shown including a shift register arrangement which requires only two phases to achieve passage of information from the input to the output of the shift register.

Abstract: A Josephson junction terminated line logic powering scheme is disclosed wherein a logic gate and a regulating gate are utilized in at least a single logic circuit to provide a constant voltage to the logic circuit. The circuit comprises a terminated line logic gate with its associated sense gate and a regulating gate in series with the logic gate. When the logic gate is switched to the voltage state, it sends a disturb signal up and down the line which carries the gate current to the logic devices. A regulator gate which has already been biased to the voltage state is reset to the zero voltage state by the disturb signal. The resetting of the regulator gate sends out a disturb signal which cancels the original disturb signal with a small delay. The result of the combination of the disturbance generated by the logic gate and the regulating gate is an extremely narrow pulse with a maximum width equal to the round trip delay between the adjacent gates having an amplitude of I-I.sub.min.