2-GHz band cryogenic receiver front end for mobile communication base station systems

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E83-B, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1834-1841

  Nojima, Toshio ^a   Narahashi, Shoichi ^a   Mimura, Tetsuya ^a   Satoh, Kei ^a   Suzuki, Yasunori ^a  

^a NTT DOCOMO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryogenic receiver front end, superconducting filter; Low noise amplifier; Mobile communication; Radio base station equipment

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO STATIONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

CRYOGENIC RECEIVER FRONT END; EQUIVALENT NOISE TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING FILTERS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034251118     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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