Abstract
A high-temperature superconducting (HTS) Josephson frequency down-converting module is demonstrated. An HTS monolithic frequency down-converting circuit and a biasing circuit board for the Josephson device are packaged into the module. The monolithic circuit consists of HTS filters and a Josephson oscillator-mixer device, integrated on a single 10mm×20mm chip of Y Ba 2Cu 3O 7x (YBCO) film on MgO substrate. A compact, low-loss HTS step-impedance low-pass filter was designed for the intermediate frequency (IF) output port. The modeling, simulation and measurement results of the HTS low-pass filter are presented in this paper. The frequency response and dynamic range of the on-chip integrated HTS down-converting module are also described.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 105014 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-6 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Superconductor Science and Technology |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |