Title :
Analog signal correlator design and operation
Author :
Green, J.B. ; Bhushan, M.
Author_Institution :
MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA, USA
fDate :
3/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A superconductive tapped delay line, circuits comprising superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) mixers, an L-C integrator, and a tunnel junction comparator, and superconductive digital address encoders have been integrated into a 14-channel analog signal correlator. This 25×38 mm circuit was fabricated using a Nb/Nb2O3/Pb tunnel junction process. Preliminary testing of this device indicates the ability to process long duration, wideband waveforms with time-bandwidth products equal to 6000
Keywords :
correlators; delay lines; lead; mixers (circuits); niobium; niobium compounds; signal processing equipment; superconducting junction devices; superconductive tunnelling; 14-channel analog signal correlator; L-C integrator; Nb-Nb2O3-Pb; superconductive digital address encoders; superconductive tapped delay line; superconductor-insulator-superconductor; time-bandwidth products; tunnel junction comparator; tunnel junction process; wideband waveforms; Bandwidth; Correlators; Delay lines; Microwave integrated circuits; Niobium; Signal design; Signal processing; Silicon; Superconductivity; Wideband;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
