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

Volume

15

Issue

2

fYear

2005

fDate

6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

988

Lastpage

991

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2005.850163

Filename

1439806