cryotronics

English

Noun

cryotronics (uncountable)

1. electronics making use of superconductivity
   • 1962, AFIPS Conference Proceedings, volume 22, page 229:

     While cryotronics is, to some degree, a rather special technology, it has not been possible to show that cryogenic circuits possess, on balance, any functional advantages over circuits realizable in competitive technologies.

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Related terms

• cryoelectronics, cryolectronics
• cryotron
• cryotronic