Superconducting cueing receiver for space experiment

Author

Sollner, T.C.L.G. ; Lyons, W.G. ; Arsenault, D.R. ; Anderson, A.C. ; Seaver, M.M. ; Boisvert, R.R. ; Slattery, R.L.

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA

Volume

5

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2071

Lastpage

2074

Abstract

Exploiting the high-temperature superconductor YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-x/ (YBCO), we have extended chirp-transform processing to instantaneously analyze the spectrum of an incoming signal over greater bandwidth than any competing technology. A compact receiver has been developed that can analyze a 3 GHz bandwidth in 120 ns with 110 MHz resolution. The cryogenic YBCO chirp filter and ambient-temperature semiconductor electronics have been space qualified for flight on the US Navy´s High-Temperature Superconductivity Space Experiment, a package to be launched on the US Air Force ARGOS scientific satellite.<>

Keywords

delay lines; high-temperature superconductors; microwave measurement; microwave receivers; passive filters; space research; spectral analysers; superconducting microwave devices; 120 ns; 3 GHz; ARGOS scientific satellite; HTSC; YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-x/; YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/; chirp-transform processing; compact receiver; cryogenic YBCO chirp filter; high-temperature superconductor; space experiment; spectrum analysis system; superconducting cueing receiver; Bandwidth; Chirp; Cryogenics; High temperature superconductors; Signal analysis; Signal processing; Signal resolution; Space technology; Superconducting filters; Yttrium barium copper oxide;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.402990

Filename

402990