High Temperature Superconducting Inductor for Antenna Matching

Abstract

There is an Army need to improve the sensitivity of its radio frequency receivers. Towards this goal, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory is developing a high critical temperature superconducting spiral inductor and cryogenically cooled amplifier to demonstrate increased sensitivity. The capacitive antenna is impedance matched to the signal processing network via a superconducting spiral inductor that provides the lowest possible loss and best signal-to-noise ratio, thus allowing detection of weaker signals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA358606

Entities

People

  • A. Deanni
  • A. Lepore
  • R. Cadotte
  • S. C. Tidrow
  • W. Van Meerbeke

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Computer Simulations
  • Critical Temperature
  • Crystals
  • Eddy Currents
  • Fabrication
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Frequency
  • High Temperature
  • Impedance
  • Radio Frequency
  • Semiconductors
  • Single Crystals
  • Transistors
  • Transition Temperature
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology