NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Collections About News Help Login
Back to Results
Low-noise 115-GHz receiver using superconducting tunnel junctionsA 110-118-GHz receiver based on a superconducting quasiparticle tunnel junction mixer is described. The single-sideband noise temperature is as low as 68 + or - 3 K. This is nearly twice the sensitivity of any other receiver at this frequency. The receiver was designed using a low-frequency scale model in conjunction with the quantum mixer theory. A scaled version of the receiver for operation at 46 GHz has a single-sideband noise temperature of 55 K. The factors leading to the success of this design are discussed.
Document ID
19840027551
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
doi:10.1063/1.94455
Authors
Pan, S.-K. (NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Studies New York, NY, United States)
Feldman, M. J. (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies; Columbia University New York, NY, United States)
Kerr, A. R. (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies New York, NY, United States)
Timble, P. (Princeton University Princeton, NJ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
October 15, 1983
Publication Information
Publication: Applied Physics Letters
Volume: 43
ISSN: 0003-6951
Subject Category
Electronics And Electrical Engineering
Accession Number
84A10338
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.

Related Records

There are no records associated with this record.
No Preview Available