Integrated sub-MM wave receivers

Author

Koshelets, V.P. ; Shitov, S.V. ; Baryshev, A.M. ; Lapitskaya, I.L. ; Filippenko, L.V. ; van de Stadt, H. ; Mees, J. ; Schaeffer, H. ; de Graauw, T.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radio Eng. & Electron., Moscow, Russia

Volume

5

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3057

Lastpage

3060

Abstract

The concept of a fully integrated superconducting receiver looks very attractive for sub-mm space astronomy where low weight, power consumption and volume are required. The possibility to integrate on a few chips the different planar components: a SIS mixer, a superconducting local oscillator (LO), an intermediate frequency amplifier followed by superconducting circuits for digitizing and processing of down converted signals, is discussed. A first implementation of a real integrated quasioptical receiver for frequencies up to 500 GHz is described. The one-chip receiver comprises a double dipole antenna, parallel biased SIS array mixer and Josephson Flux Flow Oscillator (FFO) with matching circuits. The results of extensive investigations of the integrated receiver as well as design and investigation of novel superconducting elements are presented.<>

Keywords

intermediate-frequency amplifiers; radioastronomy; submillimetre astronomy; submillimetre wave receivers; superconducting integrated circuits; superconducting microwave devices; superconductor-insulator-superconductor mixers; 0 to 500 GHz; Josephson flux flow oscillator; SIS mixer; double dipole antenna; integrated superconducting receiver; intermediate frequency amplifier; parallel biased SIS array mixer; planar components; power consumption; quasioptical receiver; sub-mm space astronomy; superconducting circuits; superconducting local oscillator; weight; Astronomy; Circuits; Dipole antennas; Energy consumption; Frequency conversion; Local oscillators; Mixers; Receiving antennas; Signal processing; Superconducting devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.403237

Filename

403237