The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (한국전자파학회지:전자파기술)

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마이크로파 응용을 위한 고온초전도 필터 서브-시스템

  • 강광용 (한국전자통신 연구원 반도체·원천기술연구소) ;
  • 김현탁 (한국전자통신 연구원 반도체·원천기술연구소) ;
  • 곽민환 (한국전자통신 연구원 반도체·원천기술연구소)
  • Published : 2003.07.01
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Abstract

Since unloaded Q-value of a high-temperature superconductor(HTS) filter is very high, a bandpass filter(BPF) and a lowpass filter(LPF) with an increase of pole numbers can be fabricated without an increase of an insertion loss(IL) ; recently a 70-pole BPF is developed in USA. They have an abrupt skirt property and an excellent attenuation level for out-of band. Moreover, they can be miniaturized when lumped element resonators or the slow-wave characteristic are used. Technology of fabricating a HTS epitaxial film as well as a film of a 4 inch area also makes the planar type filter with a various structure and an enhanced power handling capability possible. Recently, the HTS filter subsystems composed of a planar-type HTS filters, a GaAs-based LNA and a mini-cryocooler are developed. The extended receiver front- end subsystems for mobile radio communications decrease the noise-figure level of the communication system and the frequency interference interacted adjacent bands, and increase the efficiency of frequency and the capacity of communication system. In this paper, theory for developing the HTS filter, its kinds, its design rules, its characteristics are reviewed. The feature of the research and market trends related to the HTS filter systems for the receiver front-end subsystem of mobile base station are surveyed.

고온초전도 필터의 무부하 양호도 값(unloaded Q-value)이 매우 높기 때문에, 삽입손실의 증가없이 극수(pole number)를 크게 증가시킨 대역통과 및 저역통과 필터를 제작할 수 있다(현재, 70-pole 대역통과 필터가 개발). 초전도 필터는 급준한 스컷 특성과 차단대역에 대한 양호한 감쇠수준을 얻을 수 있고, 집중상수형 공진기(lumped element resonators)를 사용하거나 지연파(slow wave) 특성을 활용하면 소형화가 가능하다. 다성분계인 산화물(oxide) 고온초전체를 에피택셜 박막 및 대면적(4-인치급) 박막으로 제조함으로서 다양한 구조의 평면형(planar type) 필터 개발뿐만 아니라, 전력처리력(power handling capability)도 향상시킬 수 있게 되었다. 최근에 고온초전도 평면형 필터는 반도체 저잡음 증폭기(GaAs-based LNA), 초소형 냉각기(mini-cooler)와 집적되어 서브-시스템화되었다. 그리고 이동통신 기지국용 수신전치부(receiver front-end) 서브-시스템으로 발전하여 통신시스템의 잡음수준과 인접한 주파수 대역에 의한 전파간섭을 현저히 줄일 수 있고, 동시에 주파수 이용효율의 향상과 통신시스템의 용량증대도 가능케 하고 있다. 본고에서는 고온초전도체 필터의 원리, 종류 및 설계법, 그리고 초전도 필터의 특징과 상품화의 요구사항에 대해 알아보고, 이동통신 기지국 수신 전치부용으로 사용되고 있는 고온초전도 필터 시스템개발과 관련된 연구 및 시장 동향의 특징들을 살펴보고자 한다.

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