• DocumentCode
    1009792
  • Title

    A travelling-wave parametric amplifier utilizing Josephson junctions

  • Author

    Sweeny, M. ; Mahler, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Sperry Corporation, Computer Systems, St. Paul, MN
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    3/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    654
  • Lastpage
    655
  • Abstract
    Josephson junction parametric amplifiers of travelling-wave design have been designed for use as low-noise millimeter wave amplifiers. These devices have non-reciprocal gain, very wide bandwidths, power dissipations of a few tens of nanowatts, and an input impedance that can be as high as 50 ohms. The design is described and performance estimates, based on a small-signal model, are summarized.
  • Keywords
    Josephson devices; Millimeter-wave amplifiers; Parametric amplifiers; Traveling wave amplifiers; Bandwidth; Dynamic range; Impedance; Josephson junctions; Low-noise amplifiers; Radio frequency; Superconducting device noise; Superconducting microwave devices; Superconducting transmission lines; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.1985.1063777
  • Filename
    1063777