Superconductor signal amplifier
US6486756B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 26, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10N69/00
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A superconductor signal amplifier which receives an extremely small high-frequency signal having a frequency of tens of GHz generated in a superconductive circuit, amplifies the voltage of the high-frequency signal without a decrease in frequency, and outputs the thus amplified high-frequency signal from the superconductive circuit. At an output part of a single flux quantum circuit using a flux quantum as a binary information carrier, there are provided a superconductive junction line for flux quantum transmission and a splitter for simultaneously producing two flux quanta from a flux quantum. According to the number of plural series-connected SQUIDs, a plurality of flux quantum signals are generated and input to the plural series-connected SQUIDs so that the SQUIDs are simultaneously switched to a voltage state. In each SQUID pair comprising two SQUIDs, a part of an inductor is shared by the two SQUIDs for reduction in inductance, thereby increasing an output voltage of the series-connected SQUIDs. Furthermore, a magnetic shielding film formed under each SQUID is electrically isolated from ground to prevent a signal delay due to a parasitic capacitance.
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