• DocumentCode
    969287
  • Title

    Characteristics of a Josephson junction harmonic mixer with external pumping

  • Author

    Taur, Yuan

  • Author_Institution
    NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia Radiation Laboratory, New York
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    1/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    465
  • Lastpage
    467
  • Abstract
    Numerical calculations are carried out on harmonic mixing with an externally pumped Josephson junction. Bias conditions for optimum conversion efficiency are studied for a variety of junction parameters. The predicted noise temperature for harmonic mixing is compared with that for fundamental mixing at the same signal frequency.
  • Keywords
    Josephson device mixers/frequency converters; Heat pumps; Impedance; Josephson junctions; Laboratories; NASA; Power conversion; Quadratic programming; RF signals; Radio frequency; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.1979.1060114
  • Filename
    1060114