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Small warm-toned photograph of a Josephson voltage-standard chip, showing horizontal array segments, interconnects and a device label at the top.
Benz / NIST
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NIST programmable one-volt standard

Historical programmable one-volt Josephson standard associated with NIST’s 1997 milestone. The exact photographic capture date is unverified. This small archival chip photograph uses the official 220 × 191-pixel NIST display image.

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National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Benz / NIST
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U.S. federal employee work: public domain in the United States; worldwide royalty-free reuse under NIST terms.

Benz / NIST

Official NIST 220 × 191-pixel display derivative re-encoded losslessly as WebP by QubitWire on October 17, 2026. No crop, enlargement or retouching; this is not the full-resolution original.

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