SIS Mixers


RF Burnout Power of SIS Mixers," National Radio Astonomy Observatory

A. R. Kerr

ALMA Memo 576, Feb. 2008. http://www.alma.nrao.edu/memos/


The ALMA Band 6 (211-275 GHz) Sideband-Separating SIS Mixer-Preamplifier

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, E. F. Lauria, A. W. Lichtenberger, J. Zhang, M. W. Pospieszalski, N. Horner, G. A. Ediss, J. E. Effland, R. L. Groves

Proc. 15th Int. Symp. on Space THz Tech., Northampton, MA, April 2004. ALMA Memo 498.


A Fixed-Tuned Integrated SIS Mixer with Ultra-Wide-Band IF and Quantum-Limited Sensitivity for ALMA Band 3 (84-116 GHz) Receivers

S.-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr, M. W. Pospieszalski, E. F. Lauria, W. K. Crady, N. Horner, S. Srikanth, E. Bryerton, S. M. X. Claude, C.-C. Chin J. Z. Zhang and A. W. Lichtenberger

Proc. 15th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, 2004.


A Low Noise 100 GHz Sideband-Separating Receiver

C.C. Chin, D. Derdall, J. Sebesta, F. Jiang, P. Dindo, G. Rodrigues, D. Bond, S.-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr, E. Lauria M. Pospieszalski, J. Zhang, T. Cecil, and A. Lichtenberger

Int. J. Infrared and Millimeter Waves, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 569-600, Apr. 2004.


Sideband Calibration of Single-Output Sideband-Separating SIS Receivers

A. R. Kerr

Electronics Division Technical Note No. 196, 6 Jan 2004.


An 84-116 GHz Fixed-Tuned Integrated SIS Mixer-Preamplifier with Ultra-Wide-Band IF and Quantum-Limited Sensitivity

S.-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr, M. W. Pospieszalski, E. F. Lauria, W. K. Crady, N. J. Horner, S. Srikanth, E. Bryerton, C. T. Cunningham, S. M. X. Claude , C.-C. Chin, J. Z. Zhang and A. W. Lichtenberger

Eleventh International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, Sendai, Japan, p. 70, Sep 2003.


Measurement of Gain Compression in SIS Mixer Receivers

A. R. Kerr, J. Effland, S.-K. Pan, G. Lauria, A. W. Lichtenberger and R. Groves

Proc. 14th International Symp. on Space Terahertz Tech., Ventana Canyon, AZ, 22-24 Apr 2003. ALMA Memo 460.1.


Saturation by Noise and CW Signals in SIS Mixers

A. R. Kerr

Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Harvard University, pp. 11-22, 26-28 Mar 2002. ALMA Memo 401.


A 200-300 GHz SIS Mixer- Preamplifier with 8 GHz IF Bandwidth

E. F. Lauria, A. R. Kerr, M. W. Pospieszalski, S.-K. Pan, J. E. Effland, A. W. Lichtenberger

2001 IEEE International Microwave Symposium Digest, pp. 1645-1648, May 2001. See also ALMA Memo 378.


Sideband Calibration of Millimeter-Wave Receivers

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan and J. E. Effland

ALMA Memo 357, 27 Mar 2001.


Design of a Sideband-Separating Balanced SIS Mixer Based on Waveguide Hybrids

S. M. X. Claude, C. T. Cunningham, A. R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan

ALMA Memo 316, 16 Aug 2000.


A Single-Chip Balanced SIS Mixer for 200-300 GHz

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, A. W. Lichtenberger, N. Horner, J. E. Effland, and K. Crady

Proceedings of the 11th Int. Symp. on Space Terahertz Tech., Ann Arbor, pp. 251-259, May 1-3, 2000. ALMA Memo 308.


Nb/Al-AlOx/Nb edge junctions for distributed mixers

R. S. Amos, A. W. Lichtenberger, C. E. Tong, R. Blundell, S.-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr

IEEE Trans. Applied Superconductivity, vol. 9, no. 2, pp.3878-3881, Jun 1999.


Mixer-preamp design using MMICAD

A. R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan

ALMA Memo 249, 6 Feb 1999.


An integrated sideband separating SIS mixer for 200-280 GHz

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, and H. G. LeDuc

Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 215-221, 17-19 Mar 1998. ALMA Memo 206.


A Tunerless SIS mixer for 200–280 GHz with low output capacitance and inductance

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, A. W. Lichtenberger and H. H. Huang

Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 195-203, 17-19 Mar 1998. ALMA Memo 205.


Design of planar image-separating and balanced SIS mixers

A. R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan

Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 207-219, 12-14 Mar 1996. ALMA Memo 151.


SIS Mixer Analysis with Non-Zero Intermediate Frequency

S.-K. Pan and A. R. Kerr

Seventh International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, 12-14 Mar 1996. ALMA Memo 150.


Some fundamental and practical limits on broadband matching to capacitive devices, and the implications for SIS mixer design

A. R. Kerr

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-43, no. 1, pp. 2-13, Jan. 1995. See also MMA Memo 103.


Theoretical and practical limits on the RF bandwidth of SIS mixers

A. R. Kerr

Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 548-557, May 1994.


A new SIS mixer for the 2-mm band

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, A. W. Lichtenberger, and F. L. Lloyd

Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 1-10, March 1993.


Development of a sideband separation receiver at 100 GHz

R. L. Akeson, J. E. Carlstrom, D. P. Woody, J. Kawamura, A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, and K. Wan

Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 12-17, March 1993.


Progress on Tunerless SIS Mixers for the 200-300 GHz Band

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, A. W. Lichtenberger and D. M. Lea

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, vol. 2, no. 11, pp. 454-456, Nov. 1992.


Progress on Tunerless SIS Mixers for the 200-300 GHz Band

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, A. W. Lichtenberger and D. M. Lea

National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Electronics Division Internal Report No. 291, July 1992. (Also distributed as Millimeter Array Memorandum # 87).


Embedding Impedance Approximations in the Analysis of SIS Mixers

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, and S. Withington

EEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 590-594, April 1993


Some Recent Developments in the design of SIS mixers

A. R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan

Int. J. Infrared Millimeter Waves, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 1169-1187, Oct. 1990.


A Fully Integrated SIS Mixer for 75-110 GHz

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, S. Whiteley, M. Radparvar, and S. Faris

IEEE Int. Microwave Symp. Digest, pp. 851-854, May 1990.


Some Recent Developments in the design of SIS mixers

A. R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan

Proc. First International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 363-376, March 1990.


A 85-116 GHz SIS receiver using inductively shunted edge-junctions

S.-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr, M. J. Feldman, A. Kleinsasser, J. Stasiak, R. L. Sandstrom, and W. J. Gallagher

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-37, no. 3, pp. 580-592, March 1989.


SIS technology boosts sensitivity of millimeter wave receivers

S.-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr, M. J. Feldman, A. Kleinsasser, J. Stasiak, R. L. Sandstrom, and W. J. Gallagher

Microwaves & RF, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 139-146, Sep. 1988.


An SIS mixer for 85-116 GHz using inductively shunted edge-junctions

S.-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr, M. J. Feldman, A. W. Kleinsasser, J. Stasiak, R. L. Sandstrom and W. J. Gallagher

IEEE International Microwave Symposium, Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 465-468, June 1988.


Integrated tuning elements for SIS mixers

A.R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, and M. J. Feldman

Int. J. Infrared Millimeter Waves, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 203-212, Feb. 1988.


Integrated Tuning Elements for SIS Mixers

A.R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan and M. J. Feldman

International Superconductivity Electronics Conference, Tokyo, Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 372-375, Aug. 1987.


Saturation of the SIS mixer

M. J. Feldman, S.-K. Pan, and A.R. Kerr

International Superconductivity Electronics Conference, Tokyo, Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 290-292, Aug. 1987.


SIS mixer design by frequency scaling

A. R. Kerr, M. J. Feldman, and S.-K. Pan

Electronics Division Internal Report No. 267, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, April 1987.


SIS mixers at 115 GHz using Nb/Al-Al2O3/Nb junctions

S.-K. Pan, A.R. Kerr, J. W. Lamb and M. J. Feldman

Electronics Division Internal Report, No. 268, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA 22903, March 1987.


A Superconducting Tunnel Junction Receiver for Millimeter-Wave Radio Astronomy

S.-K. Pan and A. R. Kerr

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, NASA Technical Memo TM 87792, July 1986.


A General Numerical Analysis Program for the Superconducting Quasiparticle Mixer

R. G. Hicks, M. J. Feldman, and A.R. Kerr

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, NASA Technical Memorandum 86145, July 1986.


A General Numerical Analysis of the Superconducting Quasiparticle Mixer

R. G. Hicks, M. J. Feldman, and A.R. Kerr

IEEE Trans. Magnetics, vol. MAG-21, no. 2, pp. 208-211, March 1985.

 

Low-noise 115-GHz receiver using superconducting tunnel junctions

S.-K. Pan, M. J. Feldman, A.R. Kerr, and P. Timbie

Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 786-788, 15 Oct. 1983.


SIS Mixer Analysis Using a Scale Model

M. J. Feldman, S-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr and A. Davidson

IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, vol. MAG-19, no. 3, pp. 494-497, May 1983.


Infinite Available Gain in a 115 GHz SIS Mixer

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, M. J. Feldman, and A. Davidson

Physica, vol. 108B, pp. 1369-1370, Sept. 1981.