RSFQ BATCHER-BANYAN SWITCHING NETWORK

Superconductor technology and Batcher banyan switching technology are combined and implemented as a practical component in a single cryo-MCM substrate (10) containing a plurality of superconductor chips (37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 51, 53 and 55) arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. Wiring (52) on the substrate connects the chips in each row of a number of the columns (41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51 & 53) serially to collectively define a Batcher sorter. Other wiring (52) connects the chips in each row of a number of other columns (40, 42, 44 & 48) in reverse banyan and banyan networks. The foregoing includes a novel superconductor Batcher two-bit serial sorter (FIG. 8) and trap (FIG. k9).