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We present the fabrication steps and the properties of ramp-edge Josephson junctions using electron-doped high Tc cuprate Pr2-x Cex CuO4 (PCCO) for the electrodes and the barrier. The superconducting properties of these PCCO junctions are similar to those fabricated from the hole-doped high temperature superconductors. For superconducting electrodes with x=0.13, 0.15 or 0.17 and a nonsuperconducting barrier with x=0.05 and thicknesses as large as 35 nm, we observe large critical current densities, periodic oscillations of critical current Ic in a magnetic field and Shapiro steps. The temperature dependence of the maximum critical current reveals the junction are of superconducting-normal-superconducting type. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]