Presentation 2012-04-20
Superconducting Receiving Filter for X-band Weather Radar Systems
Noritsugu SHIOKAWA, Tamio KAWAGUCHI, Kohei NAKAYAMA, Mutsuki YAMAZAKI, Hiroyuki KAYANO,
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Abstract(in English) We have developed a high-temperature superconducting receiving filter with narrow bandwidth and frequency tunability for X-band weather radar systems to reduce interference between adjacent radar channels. To realize a filter with narrow bandwidt and low insertion loss is necessary to obtain high unloaded Q (Qu) resonator. Coupled microstrip line resonators with 1.5 times wavelength and odd mode resonance frequency were adopted to suppress the radiation loss and achieve a high Qu value. The developed HTS filter has 8-pole quasi-elliptic function resoponse for sharp skirt characteristcs and frequency tunability in weather radar frequency band by using dielectric rods. THe measured frequency response of the filter shows center frequency tunability of 9700-9800 MHz, pass bandwidth of 8 MHz, insertion loss of 2.0dB.
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Keyword(in English) Superconducting Filter / Frequency Tunability / Weather Radar / Receiving Filter / Microstrip
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Conference Date 2012/4/13(1days)
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Title (in English) Superconducting Receiving Filter for X-band Weather Radar Systems
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Keyword(1) Superconducting Filter
Keyword(2) Frequency Tunability
Keyword(3) Weather Radar
Keyword(4) Receiving Filter
Keyword(5) Microstrip
1st Author's Name Noritsugu SHIOKAWA
1st Author's Affiliation Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation()
2nd Author's Name Tamio KAWAGUCHI
2nd Author's Affiliation Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation
3rd Author's Name Kohei NAKAYAMA
3rd Author's Affiliation Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation
4th Author's Name Mutsuki YAMAZAKI
4th Author's Affiliation Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation
5th Author's Name Hiroyuki KAYANO
5th Author's Affiliation Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation
Date 2012-04-20
Paper # SCE2012-7,MW2012-7
Volume (vol) vol.112
Number (no) 13
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 6
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