DocumentCode
1242856
Title
Saturation of the SIS mixer by out-of-band signals
Author
Addario, Larry R D
Author_Institution
Nat. Radio Astron. Obs., Charlottesville, VA, USA
Volume
36
Issue
6
fYear
1988
fDate
6/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1103
Lastpage
1105
Abstract
The tendency of superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) mixers to saturate at low input signal levels is shown to depend on the total signal voltage across the junction, including frequency components outside the band of interest. If large dynamic range is to be achieved, mixers should be designed with embedding networks that present low impedances to the junction at out-of-band frequencies
Keywords
mixers (circuits); solid-state microwave devices; superconducting junction devices; SIS mixer; embedding networks; large dynamic range; low impedances; microwave devices; mixers; out-of-band signals; saturation; superconducting junction devices; superconductor-insulator-superconductor; total signal voltage; Bandwidth; Dynamic range; Impedance; Josephson junctions; Observatories; Radio frequency; Superconducting device noise; Temperature; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9480
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/22.3640
Filename
3640
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