• DocumentCode
    282228
  • Title

    Supercooled and superconducting small loop antenna

  • Author

    Wu, Z. ; Maclean, T.S.M. ; Lancaster, M.J. ; Gough, C.E. ; Alford, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Birmingham Univ., UK
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    32805
  • Firstpage
    42583
  • Lastpage
    42585
  • Abstract
    A small loop antenna constructed with YBCO superconducting wire is demonstrated. The radiation efficiency shows a 5db improvement over an equivalent supercooled copper antenna. In addition, as the power input to the antenna is increased an increase in the antenna conduction losses is observed as the superconductor critical current is reached
  • Keywords
    high-temperature superconductors; loop antennas; superconducting devices; 5db improvement; YBCO superconducting wire; YBa2Cu3O7; antenna conduction losses; high temperature superconductors; radiation efficiency; superconducting small loop antenna; superconductor critical current; supercooled Cu antenna;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Applications of High-Temperature Superconductors, IEE Colloquium on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    198847