학술논문

L-band small high-sensitivity microwave receiver module using superconducting filter
Document Type
Conference
Source
2015 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) Microwave Conference (APMC), 2015 Asia-Pacific. 2:1-3 Dec, 2015
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Microwave filters
Receivers
Superconducting filters
Frequency measurement
Resonator filters
Noise figure
Language
Abstract
We have developed an L-band small high-sensitivity microwave receiver module using a superconducting filter. An L-band superconducting filter for a small microwave receiver module is designed as a four-pole elliptic function filter. The resonator uses a stepped-impedance hairpin microstrip line resonator. The developed superconducting filter uses high-Tc superconducting material, YBCO. The fabricated superconducting filter had a low insertion loss of 0.1dB. We have fabricated a small microwave receiver module in which the designed filter is mounted in a cryocooler. The volume of the fabricated module was 2 liters. In addition, the noise figure of the microwave receiver module was 0.5dB. We have demonstrated the receiver module with high sensitivity and small size.