Integrated rf amplifier based on dc SQUID

Integrated radio-frequency amplifiers comprising a 4-loop dc SQUID, seriesly connected input coil turns, a resonant capacitor parallel to the input coil, series capacitors at the input and output ports and bias resistors have been designed, fabricated and experimentally studied. A multiloop dc SQUID with parallel loops and seriesly connected single-turn input coils placed inside each loop and integration with the input resonant matching circuit elements and with elements of dc bias circuit allows one to increase signal frequency and reduce the influence of external noise. The amplifiers with three different capacitors have resonant frequencies 560, 656, 758 MHz and bandwidth about 50 MHz. The noise temperature of such amplifiers below 1.5 K has been measured using cold attenuator and room-temperature noise sources. The layout comprising three pairs of such amplifiers placed on the same 15/spl times/24 mm substrate was designed to increase the bandwidth over the bandwidth of the individual amplifiers.<>