Design and Evaluation of a Josephson Array Oscillator

Abstract

This report describes the design and measured performance of a superconducting Josephson array oscillator. An array of Josephson junctions was fabricated to function as a 12 to 18-GHz frequency agile voltage controlled oscillator for application in analog-to-digital conversion. At a temperature of 4.2 K, measured peak RF power was approximately -84 dBm in a 300 kHz bandwidth. This work was performed in support of MITRE Sponsored Research project 91080, Superconducting Analog-to-Digital Converters. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA243167

Entities

People

  • Albert G. Montgomery
  • C. P. Mcclay
  • Lawrence R. D'addario

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analyzers
  • Bandwidth
  • Converters
  • Corporations
  • Delay Lines
  • Detectors
  • Electronics
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Oscillators
  • Power Measurement
  • Power Meters
  • Power Spectra
  • Spectrum Analyzers
  • Test Equipment
  • Transmission Lines
  • Voltage Controlled Oscillators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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