• DocumentCode
    2688255
  • Title

    A Simple Integrated Matching Element for SIS Quasiparticle Mixers

  • Author

    Raisanen, A.V. ; McGrath, W.R. ; Richards, P.L. ; Lloyd, F.L.

  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    4-6 June 1985
  • Firstpage
    669
  • Lastpage
    672
  • Abstract
    An integrated superconducting microstrip is shown to be a convenient, flexible, and well characterized matching element for a superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) heterodyne mixer. An open-circuited microstrip stub that reflects a parallel inductance across the junction is used to broaden the bandwidth of the RF match of a 30-40 GHz SIS mixer. Measurements with Pb-alloy junctions in a full-height waveguide mixer with fixed mechanical tuning give an instantaneous bandwidth of 10 to 15 percent with a mixer noise temperature T/sub M/(DSB)=10+-2.5 K.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Inductance; Josephson junctions; Mechanical variables measurement; Microstrip; Noise measurement; Radio frequency; Superconducting device noise; Superconducting devices; Waveguide junctions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1985 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    St. Louis, MO, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1985.1132070
  • Filename
    1132070