NUMERICAL MODELING OF HIGH-SPEED ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS

THIS DOCUMENT DISCUSSES A PROPOSAL TO PERFORM NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES MAKING USE OF THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED HIGH-T(C) SUPERCONDUCTING OXIDES. NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS ARE TO BE PERFORMED THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC.'S (SRA) ALGORITHMS: STARTING WITH FROM THE GINZBURG-LANDAU EQUATIONS, THE EQUATIONS GOVERNING THE DYNAMICS OF THE SUPERCONDUCTORS ARE WRITTEN IN A FORM VERY SIMILAR TO THE EQUATIONS OF HYDRODYNAMICS. WE PROPOSE A TECHNIQUE TO COUPLE THE SUPERCONDUCTING FLUID EQUATIONS, THE DEVICE (SEMICONDUCTING) EQUATIONS AND MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS. THE TECHNIQUE IS THEN APPLIED TO STUDY THE PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPERCONDUCTING MICROSTRIP LINES AND WIRES.