Design of a 10 K NbN A/D Converter for IR Focal Plane Array Sensors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 2457-2460

  Eaton, L R ^a   Durand, D J ^a   Sandell, R ^a   Spargo, J W ^a   Krabach, T ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; BUFFER AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTER CIRCUITS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SENSORS; THERMAL LOAD;

ANALOG SIGNAL PROCESSOR; FOCAL PLANE ARRAY SENSORS; NIOBIUM NITRIDE; PARALLEL TO SERIAL READOUT; SIGNAL DATA STREAM; SINGLE FLUX QUANTUM; TIME DEPENDENT PROCESSOR;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 0029327760     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: 15582515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.403088     Document Type: Article

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