Superconducting Kinetic-Inductance Microwave Filters

被引:7
作者
Carroll, Kenneth R. [1 ]
Pond, Jeffrey M. [1 ]
Cukauskas, Edward J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Naval Res Lab, Div Elect Sci & Technol, Washington, DC 20375 USA
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10.1109/77.233664
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Several kinetic-inductance microstrip filters have been designed and tested. The microstrip consists of a superconducting niobium carbon nitride (NbCN) strip separated from a NbCN ground plane by an amorphous hydrogenated-silicon dielectric. The circuits investigated include an interferometer, a stepped-impedance, a low-frequency stub, and a high-frequency stub filter. Generally, for frequencies below 20 GHz, good transmission characteristics were measured for these structures. A simple physical model is used to determine the major features of the transmission characteristics over a wide temperature and frequency range. Other important issues such as the superconductor and dielectric losses, impedance matching, and film uniformity are addressed for these structures.
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