The research of parallel-coupled linear-phase superconducting filter

•Parallel-connected linear phase filter can be achieved when the group delays of sub-networks compensate each other.•We give the coupling and routing diagrams of four linear phase filters with self-synthesized coupling matrixes, and verified the correctness of theory data and the feasibility of the circuit design.•There are a variety of topological coupling and routing diagrams for a same order filter.•We give a reasonable arrangement of design steps for high-order parallel-coupled linear phase filter.

This paper presents a research on the mechanism of a linear phase filter constructed with parallel-connected sub-networks, considering that linear phase characteristic of a filter can be achieved when the group delays of sub-networks compensate each other. This paper also gives several coupling and routing diagrams of linear phase filters with different parallel-connected networks, and then the coupling matrixes of three 8-order filters and one 10-order filter are synthesized. One of the coupling matrixes is utilized to design a 8-order parallel-connected network high temperature superconducting (HTS) linear phase filter with two pairs of transmission zeros, so as to verify the correctness of theory data and the feasibility of the circuit design for the proposed 8-order and higher order parallel-connected network linear phase filter. The HTS linear phase filter is designed on YBCO/LaAlO3/YBCO superconducting substrate, at 77 K, the measured center frequency is 2000 MHz with a bandwidth of 30 MHz, the insertion loss is less than 0.3 dB and the reflection is better than −12.5 dB in passband. The group delay is less than ±5 ns over the 60% passband, which shows that the filter has a good linear phase characteristic.