SIS Mixers

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, "The ALMA Band 6 (211-275 GHz) Sideband-Separating SIS Mixer-Preamplifier," Proc. 15th Int. Symp. on Space THz Tech., Northampton, MA, April 2004. ALMA Memo 498.

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, "A Fixed-Tuned Integrated SIS Mixer with Ultra-Wide-Band IF and Quantum-Limited Sensitivity for ALMA Band 3 (84-116 GHz) Receivers," Proc. 15th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, 2004.

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, "A Low Noise 100 GHz Sideband-Separating Receiver," Int. J. Infrared and Millimeter Waves, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 569-600, Apr. 2004.

A. R. Kerr, "Sideband Calibration of Single-Output Sideband-Separating SIS Receivers," Electronics Division Technical Note No. 196, 6 Jan 2004.

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, "An 84-116 GHz Fixed-Tuned Integrated SIS Mixer-Preamplifier with Ultra-Wide-Band IF and Quantum-Limited Sensitivity," Eleventh International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, Sendai, Japan, p. 70, Sep 2003.

A. R. Kerr, J. Effland, S.-K. Pan, G. Lauria, A. W. Lichtenberger and R. Groves, "Measurement of Gain Compression in SIS Mixer Receivers," Proc. 14th International Symp. on Space Terahertz Tech., Ventana Canyon, AZ, 22-24 Apr 2003. ALMA Memo 460.1.

A. R. Kerr, "Saturation by Noise and CW Signals in SIS Mixers," Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Harvard University, pp. 11-22, 26-28 Mar 2002. ALMA Memo 401.

E. F. Lauria, A. R. Kerr, M. W. Pospieszalski, S.-K. Pan, J. E. Effland, A. W. Lichtenberger, "A 200-300 GHz SIS Mixer- Preamplifier with 8 GHz IF Bandwidth," 2001 IEEE International Microwave Symposium Digest, pp. 1645-1648, May 2001. See also ALMA Memo 378.

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan and J. E. Effland, "Sideband Calibration of Millimeter-Wave Receivers," ALMA Memo 357, 27 Mar 2001.

S. M. X. Claude, C. T. Cunningham, A. R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan, "Design of a Sideband-Separating Balanced SIS Mixer Based on Waveguide Hybrids," ALMA Memo 316, 16 Aug 2000.

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, A. W. Lichtenberger, N. Horner, J. E. Effland, and K. Crady, "A Single-Chip Balanced SIS Mixer for 200-300 GHz," Proceedings of the 11th Int. Symp. on Space Terahertz Tech., Ann Arbor, pp. 251-259, May 1-3, 2000. ALMA Memo 308.

R. S. Amos, A. W. Lichtenberger, C. E. Tong, R. Blundell, S.-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr, "Nb/Al-AlOx/Nb edge junctions for distributed mixers," IEEE Trans. Applied Superconductivity, vol. 9, no. 2, pp.3878-3881, Jun 1999.

A. R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan, "Mixer-preamp design using MMICAD," ALMA Memo 249, 6 Feb 1999.

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, and H. G. LeDuc, "An integrated sideband separating SIS mixer for 200-280 GHz," Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 215-221, 17-19 Mar 1998. ALMA Memo 206.

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, A. W. Lichtenberger and H. H. Huang, "A Tunerless SIS mixer for 200–280 GHz with low output capacitance and inductance," Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 195-203, 17-19 Mar 1998. ALMA Memo 205.

A. R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan, "Design of planar image-separating and balanced SIS mixers," Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 207-219, 12-14 Mar 1996. ALMA Memo 151.

S.-K. Pan and A. R. Kerr, "SIS Mixer Analysis with Non-Zero Intermediate Frequency," Seventh International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, 12-14 Mar 1996. ALMA Memo 150.

A. R. Kerr, "Some fundamental and practical limits on broadband matching to capacitive devices, and the implications for SIS mixer design," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-43, no. 1, pp. 2-13, Jan. 1995. See also MMA Memo 103.

A. R. Kerr, "Theoretical and practical limits on the RF bandwidth of SIS mixers," Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 548-557, May 1994.

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, A. W. Lichtenberger, and F. L. Lloyd, "A new SIS mixer for the 2-mm band," Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 1-10, March 1993.

R. L. Akeson, J. E. Carlstrom, D. P. Woody, J. Kawamura, A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, and K. Wan, "Development of a sideband separation receiver at 100 GHz," Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 12-17, March 1993.

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, A. W. Lichtenberger and D. M. Lea, "Progress on Tunerless SIS Mixers for the 200-300 GHz Band," IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, vol. 2, no. 11, pp. 454-456, Nov. 1992.

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, A. W. Lichtenberger and D. M. Lea, "Progress on Tunerless SIS Mixers for the 200-300 GHz Band," National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Electronics Division Internal Report No. 291, July 1992. (Also distributed as Millimeter Array Memorandum # 87).

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, and S. Withington, "Embedding Impedance Approximations in the Analysis of SIS Mixers," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 590-594, April 1993

A. R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan, "Some Recent Developments in the design of SIS mixers," Int. J. Infrared Millimeter Waves, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 1169-1187, Oct. 1990.

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, S. Whiteley, M. Radparvar, and S. Faris, "A Fully Integrated SIS Mixer for 75-110 GHz," IEEE Int. Microwave Symp. Digest, pp. 851-854, May 1990.

A. R. Kerr and S.-K. Pan, "Some Recent Developments in the design of SIS mixers," Proc. First International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, pp. 363-376, March 1990.

S.-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr, M. J. Feldman, A. Kleinsasser, J. Stasiak, R. L. Sandstrom, and W. J. Gallagher, "A 85-116 GHz SIS receiver using inductively shunted edge-junctions," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-37, no. 3, pp. 580-592, March 1989.

S.-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr, M. J. Feldman, A. Kleinsasser, J. Stasiak, R. L. Sandstrom, and W. J. Gallagher, "SIS technology boosts sensitivity of millimeter wave receivers," Microwaves & RF, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 139-146, Sep. 1988.

S.-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr, M. J. Feldman, A. W. Kleinsasser, J. Stasiak, R. L. Sandstrom and W. J. Gallagher, "An SIS mixer for 85-116 GHz using inductively shunted edge-junctions," IEEE International Microwave Symposium, Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 465-468, June 1988.

A.R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, and M. J. Feldman, "Integrated tuning elements for SIS mixers," Int. J. Infrared Millimeter Waves, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 203-212, Feb. 1988.

A.R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan and M. J. Feldman, "Integrated Tuning Elements for SIS Mixers," International Superconductivity Electronics Conference, Tokyo, Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 372-375, Aug. 1987.

M. J. Feldman, S.-K. Pan, and A.R. Kerr, "Saturation of the SIS mixer," International Superconductivity Electronics Conference, Tokyo, Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 290-292, Aug. 1987.

A. R. Kerr, M. J. Feldman, and S.-K. Pan, "SIS mixer design by frequency scaling," Electronics Division Internal Report No. 267, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, April 1987.

S.-K. Pan, A.R. Kerr, J. W. Lamb and M. J. Feldman, "SIS mixers at 115 GHz using Nb/Al-Al2O3/Nb junctions," Electronics Division Internal Report, No. 268, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA 22903, March 1987.

S.-K. Pan and A. R. Kerr "A Superconducting Tunnel Junction Receiver for Millimeter-Wave Radio Astronomy," NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, NASA Technical Memo TM 87792, July 1986.

R. G. Hicks, M. J. Feldman, and A.R. Kerr, "A General Numerical Analysis Program for the Superconducting Quasiparticle Mixer," NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, NASA Technical Memorandum 86145, July 1986.

R. G. Hicks, M. J. Feldman, and A.R. Kerr, "A General Numerical Analysis of the Superconducting Quasiparticle Mixer, "IEEE Trans. Magnetics, vol. MAG-21, no. 2, pp. 208-211, March 1985.

S.-K. Pan, M. J. Feldman, A.R. Kerr, and P. Timbie "Low-noise 115-GHz receiver using superconducting tunnel junctions," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 786-788, 15 Oct. 1983.

M. J. Feldman, S-K. Pan, A. R. Kerr and A. Davidson, "SIS Mixer Analysis Using a Scale Model", IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, vol. MAG-19, no. 3, pp. 494-497, May 1983.

A. R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan, M. J. Feldman, and A. Davidson, "Infinite Available Gain in a 115 GHz SIS Mixer," Physica, vol. 108B, pp. 1369-1370, Sept. 1981.