Electronics Letters

Implementation of Josephson tunnel junction series array stripline with high characteristic impedance for quantum voltage standards

P. Gutmann, E. Vollmer, J. Kohlmann, F. Müller, Th. Weimann, J. Niemeyer

Published Jul 16, 1992• 3 citations

Abstract

A Josephson voltage standard based on a tunnel junction series array stripline with a characteristic impedance of 77Ω has been developed and implemented demonstrating improved performance compared to the usual design with characteristic impedances below 5Ω.

DOI: 10.1049/el:19920904

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