A Fixed Tuned Broadband Matching Structure for Submillimeter SIS Receivers

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 165-175

  Büttgenbach, Thomas H ^a   Phillips, T G ^a   LeDuc, Henry G ^b   Maker, Paul D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANTENNAS; NIOBIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

BANDWIDTH CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER MODELING; FIXED TUNED BROADBAND MATCHING STRUCTURE; HYBRID ANTENNA; SUBMILLIMETER SIS RECEIVERS; SUPERCONDUCTING INSULATOR SUPERCONDUCTING (SIS) DEVICES; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 0026926118     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: 15582515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.160156     Document Type: Article

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