Superconductive Analog Signal Processing Devices

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1989, Pages 1247-1263

  Withers, Richard S ^a   Ralston, Richard W ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATORS; RADIO TRANSMISSION--SPREAD SPECTRUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANALOG SIGNAL PROCESSING; PULSE COMPRESSION RADAR; REAL TIME SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 0024716919     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.34123     Document Type: Note

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