A superconducting and integrated microwave transmitter and receiver in microstrip using thick-film YBCO

Author

Hosking, M.W. ; Proykova, Y.G. ; Hewitt, A. ; Alford, N.McN. ; Button, T.W.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Portsmouth, UK

Volume

5

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2287

Lastpage

2290

Abstract

Results are presented of the design and performance of a microstrip transmitter/receiver circuit using thick-film yttrium barium copper oxide on a yttria-stabilised zirconia substrate. The resonant circuit is in the form of a ring resonator and the active component is a transferred electron device integrated within the circumference of the ring. In receive mode, the circuit operates as a self-oscillating mixer. Operating frequencies lie in the range 8 to 16 GHz and measurements include: Q-factor by injection phase locking; oscillator output power and conversion loss.<>

Keywords

Gunn oscillators; Q-factor; barium compounds; high-temperature superconductors; microstrip circuits; microstrip resonators; microwave integrated circuits; microwave mixers; microwave oscillators; microwave receivers; radio transmitters; superconducting microwave devices; superconducting resonators; superconducting thin films; thick film circuits; yttrium compounds; 8 to 16 GHz; Gunn device; MIC; Q-factor; SHF; TED; Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/-ZrO/sub 2/; YBaCuO-Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ZrO/sub 2/; YSZ substrate; conversion loss; injection phase locking; integrated microwave transmitter/receiver; microstrip; oscillator output power; resonant circuit; ring resonator; self-oscillating mixer; superconducting transmitter/receiver; thick-film YBCO; transferred electron device; Frequency conversion; Gunn devices; Microstrip; Mixers; Optical ring resonators; Power measurement; RLC circuits; Superconducting microwave devices; Transmitters; Yttrium barium copper oxide;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.403042

Filename

403042