Third-order intermodulation measurements of microstrip bandpass filters based on high-temperature superconductors

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2658-2663

  Sato, Hisashi ^a   Kurian, Jose ^a   Naito, Michio ^a,b  

^a NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bandpass filters; High temperature superconductors (HTSs); Intermodulation distortion; Microstrip; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MICROWAVE FILTERS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; RESONATORS; THIN FILMS;

INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; MICROSTRIP FILTERS; OXYGEN ANNEALING; PASSBAND WIDTH;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 10944224651     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.837312     Document Type: Article

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