Nonlinear Distortion in a 8-Pole Quasi-Elliptic Bandpass HTS Filter for CDMA System

High Temperature Superconductor materials are known to produce intermodulation and other nonlinear effects which may restrict their use in wireless communication systems. Quantifying this degradation is crucial in determining if the use of HTS filters in the receiver is beneficial. In this work we u...

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Autores: Collado Gómez, Juan Carlos|||0000-0002-8869-2739, Mateu Mateu, Jordi|||0000-0001-9833-9966, Menéndez Nadal, Óscar, O'Callaghan Castellà, Juan Manuel|||0000-0002-2740-0202
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/1043
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/1043
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:High temperature superconductors
Superconductivity
band-pass filters
circuit simulation
code division multiple access
equivalent circuits
high-temperature superconductors
intermodulation distortion
nonlinear filters
nonlinear network analysis
radio receivers
superconducting filters
Superconductors a altes temperatures
Superconductivitat
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Circuits de microones, radiofreqüència i ones mil·limètriques
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Sumario:High Temperature Superconductor materials are known to produce intermodulation and other nonlinear effects which may restrict their use in wireless communication systems. Quantifying this degradation is crucial in determining if the use of HTS filters in the receiver is beneficial. In this work we use an approach for representing the HTS filter nonlinear equivalent circuit and simulating its performance. We have tested the approach on a planar, 8-pole quasielliptic (QE) filter, showing agreement between simulations and measurements of intermodulation products (IMD). The nonlinear equivalent circuit is then used to predict the nonlinear behavior of the filter and its effects on system parameters when it is subject to broadband signals like those used in wireless communication systems.