SQUID Electronics

The SQUID Handbook

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 127-170

  Drung, Dietmar ^a   Mück, Michael ^b  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dc SQUID readout; Flux locked loop; Rf SQUID readout; Rf SQUID readout electronics; SQUID electronics; Tank circuit; Trends in SQUID electronics

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCS;

DC SQUID; FLUX LOCKED LOOPS; READOUT ELECTRONICS; RF SQUID; TANK CIRCUITS;

SHELLFISH;

EID: 84907141138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/3527603646.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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