Analog/digital converter for microwave frequencies
US7075467B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M1/44
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The converter of the invention essentially comprises, along the path of the microwave signal to be measured, a series of superconducting loops spaced apart by x/2 and each having a critical current junction facing which an optical waveguide is placed. Each of these loops absorbs, as the case may be, a bit of the wave to be measured, their inductances following an increasing geometric progression of common ratio 2 and their critical currents following a decreasing geometric progression of common ratio ½.
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