Dynamic characteristics of S-band DC SQUID amplifier
- 15 July 2003
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
- Vol. 13 (2) , 1042-1045
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2003.814146
Abstract
A low-noise RF amplifier based on a dc SQUID (SQA) has been tested in the frequency range 3.0-4.6 GHz in the open-loop configuration. The following parameters have been measured for the single-stage balanced type SQA at 4.0 GHz: gain (12/spl plusmn/1) dB, 3 dB bandwidth of 500 MHz and noise temperature (1.0/spl plusmn/0.25) K. For the nonbalanced type SQA at 4.0 GHz gain was (15/spl plusmn/1) dB, 3 dB bandwidth 200 MHz and noise temperature (0.5/spl plusmn/0.25) K. The improved performance is obtained due to the increased characteristic voltage (/spl ap/420 /spl mu/V) of the small-area (down to 0.7-0.9 /spl mu/m/sup 2/) high-quality Nb-AlO/sub x/-Nb SIS junctions. The saturation power (normalized to 1 GHz) referred to the input at 1 dB gain compression is estimated as /spl ap/55 K*GHz at a bias voltage of 60 /spl mu/V. The reasons for saturation of the SQA are discussed.Keywords
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