AC and DC Voltages From a Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer

Published

May 7, 2001

Author(s)

Samuel P. Benz, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Laurie Christian

Abstract

We have synthesized and measured ac and dc voltages using a Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer. On-chip filtering has enabled the first practical operating margins for ac and arbitrary waveforms. Using a digital voltmeter, we demonstrate the operating margins and linearity of 101 synthesized dc voltages and confirm the flatness of a single voltage step. We present the first ac-dc and ac-ac voltage measurements of the synthesizer at 3.65 mV using an ac-dc thermal transfer standard. This quantum-based standard source can be used to measure the ac-dc difference of thermal transfer standards at small voltages.

Citation

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volume

50

Issue

2

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

digital-analog conversion, frequency control, frequency domain synthesis, frequency synthesizers, Josephson arrays, standards, superconducting microwave devices, superconducting-normal-superconductor

Citation

Benz, S. , Burroughs, C. , Dresselhaus, P. and Christian, L. (2001), AC and DC Voltages From a Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=30239 (Accessed October 13, 2025)