Superconducting microwave filter systems for cellular telephone base stations

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1585-1595

  Simon, Randy W ^a   Hammond, Robert B ^a   Berkowitz, Stuart J ^a   Willemsen, Balam A ^a  

^a SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular front ends; High temperature superconductivity (HTS) applications; Microwave filters; Superconductors

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; MICROWAVE FILTERS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CYCLING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR FRONT ENDS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (HTS) APPLICATIONS; METAL ATOMS; RESONANT STRUCTURES;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 21244483470     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2004.833661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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