Tl 2Ba 2CaCu 2O 8 thin film high frequency filters on 3 inch sapphire substrates

Abstract

Modern communication systems require densely packed frequency channels in the expensive frequency bands. Therefore high temperature superconducting (HTS) high frequency filters are of increasing importance, taking advantage of their outstanding properties namely steep filter skirts, low insertion loss, and furthermore reduced mass and volume compared to conventional cavity or dielectric resonator systems. Within the framework of a German BMBF pilot project a HTS equiped satellite repeater will be developed to demonstrate the performance advantage of HTS. For that purpose we prepare filters on double-sided Tl 2Ba 2CaCu 2O 8 thin films on CeO 2 buffered 3 inch sapphire substrates. The HTS films are prepared in the two-step process by sputtering an amorphous thallium free precursor and following oxythallination. The critical temperature and spatial distribution of critical current density at 77 K, both measured by inductive techniques, show values above 100 K or 1 MA/cm 2, respectively. We use a dielectric resonator technique at 3.9 GHz and power levels up to some mT to determine the films surface resistance. We present measurements of input filters made from our double-sided 3 inch films.