Some recent developments in the design of SIS mixers

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves - Tập 11 - Trang 1169-1187 - 1990
A. R. Kerr1, S. -K. Pan1
1National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville

Tóm tắt

SIS mixers in which superconducting tuning elements are integrated with the tunnel junctions have resulted in very low noise heterodyne receivers in the range 68–260 GHz. Above ∼120 GHz the need for extremely small reduced-height waveguides is avoided by mounting the SIS junctions in a suspended-stripline circuit coupled to a full-height waveguide by a broadband probe. The special characteristics of coplanar transmission line permit the design of SIS mixers with low parasitic reactances. Such a mixer operates over the full WR-10 band (75–110 GHz) without mechanical tuners.

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International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Tập 11

1169-1187

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