Title :
Design and development of a prototype of hybrid superconducting receiver front-end for UMTS wireless network: first results and application perspectives
Author :
Ricci, Fabrizio ; Boffa, Vincenzo ; Dai, Guojun ; Grassano, Giuseppe ; Mele, Renata ; Tebano, Riccardo ; Arena, Domenico ; Bertin, Giorgio ; Magnani, Nicola Pio ; Zarba, Giovanna ; Andreone, Antonello ; Cassinese, Antonio ; Vaglio, Ruggero
Author_Institution :
Pirelli Labs, Milan, Italy
fDate :
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this paper we will describe the main results of the activity aimed to develop a prototype of superconducting receiver front-end (HTS RFE) for specific application in UMTS network. The system has been specifically designed to reach very low noise figure on the receiving channel to exploit the best performance in terms of sensitivity of the up-link channel.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; high-temperature superconductors; radio receivers; superconducting filters; superconducting processor circuits; HTS RFE; UMTS wireless network; mobile communication; quasielliptic filter; sensitivity; superconducting bandpass filter; superconducting receiver front-end; 3G mobile communication; Band pass filters; Cryogenics; High temperature superconductors; Prototypes; Superconducting device noise; Superconducting filaments and wires; Superconducting filters; Telecommunications; Wireless networks; Mobile communications; quasielliptic filter design; superconducting bandpass filter; superconducting receiver front-end;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2005.850163
