Superconductivity in electronics

Author

Silver, A.H.

Author_Institution

Space & Technol. Group, TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, USA

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

1997

fDate

6/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

69

Lastpage

79

Abstract

Superconductivity is an emerging technology for high performance electronics. It offers unique and beneficial attributes for sensor, signal processing, and communication systems. Yet, industry faces technical hurdles and market obstacles to identifying business targets. The author presents his vision of the future of superconductor electronics in space, his perspective of the past, and his approach for achieving success. The ability to define and achieve successful paths which overcome the technical and market barriers will determine the viability of superconductivity in the electronics industry, and coincidentally of applied research in this technology.

Keywords

Josephson effect; high-temperature superconductors; integrated circuit packaging; space vehicle electronics; superconducting integrated circuits; communication systems; market barriers; signal processing; space vehicle electronics; superconductor electronics; viability; Consumer electronics; High temperature superconductors; Josephson junctions; Laboratories; SQUIDs; Space technology; Superconducting filters; Superconducting magnets; Superconducting microwave devices; Superconductivity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.614421

Filename

614421