Prototype system for superconducting quantum interference device multiplexing of large-format transition-edge sensor arrays

Published

September 25, 2003

Author(s)

Carl D. Reintsema, Joern Beyer, Sae Woo Nam, Steven Deiker, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Joel N. Ullom, Leila R. Vale, Michael MacIntosh

Abstract

We discuss the implementation of a time-division SQUID multiplexing system for the instrumentation of large-format transition-edge sensors (TES) arrays. We cover design and integration issues concerning cryogenic SQUID multiplexers and amplifiers, signal management and wiring, analog interface electronics, a digital electronic feedback system, serial-data streaming and management, and system configuration and control. We present data verifying performance of the digital feedback system. System noise and bandwidth measurements for one-dimensional multiplexing scenarios demonstrate the feasibility of adapting this technology for a broad base of applications including x-ray materials analysis, imaging arrays for future x-ray astronomy missions such as Constellation-X, and submillimeter imaging arrays such as the SCUBA II instrument for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT).

Citation

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volume

74

Issue

10

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1605259

Keywords

multiplexer, SQUID, transition edge sensor

Citation

Reintsema, C. , Beyer, J. , Nam, S. , Deiker, S. , Hilton, G. , Irwin, K. , Ullom, J. , Vale, L. and MacIntosh, M. (2003), Prototype system for superconducting quantum interference device multiplexing of large-format transition-edge sensor arrays, Review of Scientific Instruments, [online], https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1605259 (Accessed October 30, 2025)