A 60-channel superconductive input multiplexer integrated with pulse-tube cryocoolers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 7 PART 2, 2000, Pages 1171-1180

  Mansour, Raafat R ^a   Ye, Shen ^b  

^a COM DEV Ltd ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel bank filters; Cryogenics; High temperature superconductors; Satellite applications; Superconductive filters

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL BANK FILTERS; PULSE TUBE CRYOCOOLERS; SUPERCONDUCTIVE INPUT MULTIPLEXER;

CRYOGENICS; DIGITAL FILTERS; RESONATORS; SATELLITES;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0034224430     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.853457     Document Type: Article

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