Advances in Radio Science www.adv-radio-sci.net 1684-9965 1684-9973 6 Kleinheubacher Berichte 2007 2008 10.5194/ars-6-165-2008 http://www.adv-radio-sci.net/6/165/2008/ http://www.adv-radio-sci.net/6/165/2008/ars-6-165-2008.html http://www.adv-radio-sci.net/6/165/2008/ars-6-165-2008.pdf 165 173 2008-05-26 The asynchronous rapid single-flux quantum electronics – a promising alternative for the development of high-performance digital circuits B. Dimov boyko.dimov@imms.de Th. Ortlepp V. Mladenov S. Terzieva F. H. Uhlmann Institut für Mikroelektronik- und Mechatronik Systeme gGmbH, Ilmenau, Germany RSFQ design group, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany Dept. Theoretical Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria In this paper, we investigate the application of the asynchronous logic approach for the realization of ultra high-speed digital electronics with high complexity. 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