EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON NONLINEAR CHARACTERISTICS OF A HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING DUAL-BAND BANDPASS FILTER

Shoichi Narahashi, Kei Satoh, Yasunori Suzuki, Yuta Takagi

2013

Abstract

This paper presents an experimental investigation on the nonlinear characteristics of a high-temperature superconducting (HTS) dual-band bandpass filter (DBPF) that has two passbands and comprises a coplanarwaveguide quarter-wavelength resonator with odd- and even-mode resonant frequencies. An HTS filter is a potential candidate for an RF multi-band bandpass filter (MBPF) that has multiple passbands, which will support broadband transmission in future mobile communication systems. It is, however, indispensable to elucidate the nonlinear characteristics of the HTS-MBPF because the nonlinearity of HTS materials causes intermodulation distortion (IMD). This paper presents the IMD characteristics of a 2.0-/3.5-GHz band HTSDBPF using a YBCO thin film deposited on a MgO substrate when two tones with a 30-kHz separation are individually and simultaneously input to each passband. Experimental investigations confirm that the HTSDBPF generates different third-order IMD characteristics depending on how the two tones are input to the HTS-DBPF. This paper also presents a method for estimating the third-order IMD characteristics based on the measurement results.

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Narahashi S., Satoh K., Suzuki Y. and Takagi Y. (2013). EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON NONLINEAR CHARACTERISTICS OF A HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING DUAL-BAND BANDPASS FILTER . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Telecommunications and Remote Sensing - Volume 1: ICTRS, ISBN 978-989-8565-57-0, pages 54-57. DOI: 10.5220/0004785200540057


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@conference{ictrs13,
author={Shoichi Narahashi and Kei Satoh and Yasunori Suzuki and Yuta Takagi},
title={EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON NONLINEAR CHARACTERISTICS OF A HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING DUAL-BAND BANDPASS FILTER},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Telecommunications and Remote Sensing - Volume 1: ICTRS,},
year={2013},
pages={54-57},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004785200540057},
isbn={978-989-8565-57-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Telecommunications and Remote Sensing - Volume 1: ICTRS,
TI - EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON NONLINEAR CHARACTERISTICS OF A HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING DUAL-BAND BANDPASS FILTER
SN - 978-989-8565-57-0
AU - Narahashi S.
AU - Satoh K.
AU - Suzuki Y.
AU - Takagi Y.
PY - 2013
SP - 54
EP - 57
DO - 10.5220/0004785200540057