Title :
A hybrid high-Tc superconductor K-band amplifier with filter
Author :
Drolet, D. ; Meszaros, S. ; Stubbs, M.G. ; Wight, J.S.
Author_Institution :
Communications Research Centre, 3701 Carling Ave., P.O. Box 11490 Station ´´H´´, Ottawa, Canada; Carleton University, Dept. of Electronics, Ottawa, Canada. Tel. 613-998-2826 Fax. 613-990-8369
Abstract :
This paper presents the design and performance of a hybrid semiconductor/superconductor microwave integrated circuit (MIC) K-band channelized amplifier. The circuit combines the high frequency, high performance advantages of a cryogenically cooled GaAs PHEMT with the low loss, high Q properties of an HTSC filter and matching networks. A comparison of measured and predicted results is presented: the filter/amplifier combination has a measured noise figure of 1.8dB, with an associated gain of 7.1dB at 18.9GHz.
Keywords :
Gain measurement; High temperature superconductors; Hybrid integrated circuits; K-band; Microwave filters; Microwave integrated circuits; Noise measurement; Superconducting filters; Superconducting integrated circuits; Superconducting microwave devices;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1993. 23rd European
Conference_Location :
Madrid, Spain
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1993.336703
