DC SQUID Series Array Amplifiers with 120 MHz Bandwidth

Published

March 1, 2001

Author(s)

Martin Huber, Patricia A. Neil, R. G. Benson, D. A. Burns, A. M. Corey, C. S. Flynn, Y. Kitaygorodskaya, O. Massihzadeh, John M. Martinis, Gene C. Hilton

Abstract

We report on the performance of dc SQUID (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device) series array amplifiers from dc to 500 MHz. The arrays consist of up to100 dc SQUIDs with varying degrees of intracoil damping, and the flux-focusing washer of each SQUID is electrically isolated from the SQUID loop (L^sq^ = 18 pH). Using an rf network analyzer, we have observed high frequency resonances in the response at bias points corresponding to distortions in the dc transfer fuctions. Increasing distance between SQUIDs in the array reduces the distortions. Distortions are also more pronounced, and bandwidth reduced, in devices incorporating the flux-focusing washer into the SQUID body. With 0.25 ohm}/turn intracoil damping on the input coil, the voltage-flux transfer characteristics of the isolated-washer design and 300 5m center-to-center SQUID spacing are free of significant distortions and the bandwidth is not degraded compared to undamped devices. The 100-SQUID array has 150 nH input inductance, 500 V/A transresistance, 2.5 pA/root}Hz equivalent current noise at 4 K, and 120 MHz bandwidth.

Citation

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volume

11

Issue

1

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

resonances, SQUID serries arrays, SQUIDs, superconducting devices

Citation

Huber, M. , Neil, P. , Benson, R. , Burns, D. , Corey, A. , Flynn, C. , Kitaygorodskaya, Y. , Massihzadeh, O. , Martinis, J. and Hilton, G. (2001), DC SQUID Series Array Amplifiers with 120 MHz Bandwidth, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity (Accessed October 8, 2025)