HTS narrow band filters at UHF band for radio astronomy applications
High performance narrow-band High-Temperature Superconductor (HTS) filters at 610 MHz with very sharp cut-off response and low loss are needed for improving the observation of pulsars at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK. An eight-pole quasi-elliptic HTS filter using compact resonators has been desig...
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Published in | IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 1004 - 1007 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
Published |
New York, NY
IEEE
01.06.2005
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
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Summary: | High performance narrow-band High-Temperature Superconductor (HTS) filters at 610 MHz with very sharp cut-off response and low loss are needed for improving the observation of pulsars at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK. An eight-pole quasi-elliptic HTS filter using compact resonators has been designed for this purpose. The measured response of filter has an insertion loss of 0.3 dB (including a 0.2 dB ripple), and a return loss of 15 dB in the passband. Two transmission zeroes are realized to improve the steepness of the cut-off. The lowest harmonic is designed to appear at 1.79 GHz, about three times the center frequency. The out-of-band rejection is better than 85 dB up to this harmonic. The filter has been tested in the observatory with excellent results. |
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ISSN: | 1051-8223 1558-2515 |
DOI: | 10.1109/TASC.2005.850170 |