A 200-285-GHz waveguide SIS mixer with an inhomogeneous distributed junction array

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 11 SPEC, 2002, Pages 2618-2623

  Takeda, Masanori ^a,b   Noguchi, Takashi ^c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broad band; Distributed junction array; Heterodyne receiver; Noise temperature; Submillimeter; Superconductor insulator superconductor (SIS) mixer; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WAVEGUIDES;

DOUBLE SIDEBAND RECEIVER; HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; INHOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTED JUNCTION ARRAY; SUPERCONDUCTING MICROSTRIP;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0036852097     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.804513     Document Type: Article

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