DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF A HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTOR COPLANAR WAVE-GUIDE FILTER

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作者
CHEW, W [1 ]
RILEY, AL [1 ]
RASCOE, DL [1 ]
HUNT, BD [1 ]
FOOTE, MC [1 ]
COOLEY, TW [1 ]
BAJUK, LJ [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH,JET PROP LAB,NASA COMMUN TECHNOL PROGRAM,PASADENA,CA 91109
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
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10.1109/22.83817
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Coplanar waveguide is a convenient structure for microwave circuits using high-critical-temperature superconductor thin films. The design of a coplanar waveguide low-pass filter made of YBa2Cu3O7-delta (YBCO) on an LaAlO3 substrate is described. Measurements were incorporated into simple models for microwave CAD analysis to develop a final design. The patterned and packaged coplanar waveguide low-pass filter of YBCO, with dimensions suited for integrated circuits, exhibited measured insertion losses when cooled in liquid nitrogen superior to those of a similarly cooled thin-film copper filter throughout the 0 to 9.5 GHz passband. Coplanar waveguide models for use with thin-film normal metal (with thickness either greater or less than the skin depth) and YBCO are discussed and used to compare the losses of the measured YBCO and copper circuits.
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页码:1455 / 1461
页数:7
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