High-power high-temperature superconducting microstrip filters for cellular base-station applications

We report narrowband microstrip filters with low insertion loss and high power-handling capabilities made from YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/(-x) high-temperature superconducting films. One 5-pole filter on a LaAlO/sub 3/ substrate, consisting of backward-coupled and forward-coupled resonators, can handle over 27 W input power at 10 K. It has 1% fractional bandwidth and 10-/spl Omega/ internal impedance. The insertion loss increase in passband at 10 K, as the input power changed from a few mW to 27 W, is less than 0.25 dB. We also report a forward-coupled microstrip filter centered at 2 GHz, with a 1.2% fractional bandwidth, 10-/spl Omega/ internal impedance, and parallel-coupled feed lines. We applied over 10 /spl Omega/ to the filter at 45 K without noticeable degradation of the filter performance. The insertion loss at 45 K is less than 0.2 dB. The return loss is better than 12 dB.<>