Superconducting squid amplifiers for IR detectors and other applications: Phase 2. Final report. [IR (Infrared)]

Technical Report · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:6304037

Osterman, D

The subject of this report is a completed Phase II SBIR project to develop a superconducting analog multiplexer circuit. The intended application of the multiplexer is as a component of processing circuitry for a superconducting infrared focal plane array (IR FPA). Development of the IR FPA is in progress under a separate contract. Among the accomplishments that are described below is the fabrication and testing of a functioning, superconducting, 20-input multiplexer, appropriate for use with an IR FPA. The motivation for developing a superconducting multiplexer circuit derives primarily from the significant potential advantages of an all-superconducting IR FPA system, i.e. a system in which the detectors, as well as the associated processing circuitry, are superconducting. Section III of this report reviews the subject of superconducting IR FPAs. Chief among the advantages of such systems is the potential for larger arrays with greater numbers of detectors than is now possible.

• Research Organization: Hypres, Inc., Elmsford, NY (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6304037
• Report Number(s): AD-A-265447/3/XAB; CNN: N00014-91-C-0264
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
INFRARED RADIATION
DETECTION
MULTIPLEXERS
FABRICATION
SQUID DEVICES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
AMPLIFIERS
ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS
OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FLUXMETERS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
RADIATIONS
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
TESTING
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