Portland State University PDXScholar Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses Spring 5-16-2014 Design and Prototyping of an Antenna-Coupled Cryotron Shauna Jensen Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds Part of the Power and Energy Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Jensen, Shauna, "Design and Prototyping of an Antenna-Coupled Cryotron" (2014). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 1788. https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.1787 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible:
[email protected]. Design and Prototyping of an Antenna-Coupled Cryotron by Shauna Marie Jensen A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering Thesis Committee: Robert Bass, Chair Richard Campbell Branimir Pejcinovic Portland State University 2014 © 2014 Shauna Marie Jensen Abstract Grid-scale integration of renewable energy sources and smart grid devices has created new demands in flexible power conversion. State-of-the-art semiconductor power switches present limitations in power handling capability, as well as forward and reverse breakdown voltages. Superconducting materials are a viable alternative due to their robustness against high ampacities, large electric fields and abrupt changes in power flow. This work pays focus to material testing and apparatus design for an antenna-coupled cryotron (ACC), which is a superconducting power switch. Design, fabrication and testing are examined for a longitudinal resonant cavity, paired with monopole transmit and modified slot receive antennae.