Experimental results on a 38-GHz high-temperature superconducting microstrip antenna

✍ Scribed by X. Castel; J. M. Floch; M. Guilloux-Viry; K. Mahdjoubi; C. Terret; A. Perrin

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 554 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0895-2477
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2760(19961205)13:5<255::aid-mop4>3.0.co;2-f

✦ Synopsis

We have designed and fabricated a superconducting microstrip antenna operating at 38 GHz after we patterned a YBa,Cu,O, thin film epitaxially grown on (100) MgO substrate by laser ablation. The experimental performance of this superconducting antenna was measured in a homemade vacuum setup and compared to a similar silver antenna. Measurements show eficiency improvement of the superconducting antenna oc'er the silver one of 1.2 dB at 80 K. 0 1996 John Wilq & Sons, Inc.

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