Fabrication of C-Band High-Temperature Superconducting Microstrip Triplexer with High Accuracy

Table 2

Simulated and measured frequency response of the triplexer.

Specifications	Channel A (GHz)	Channel B (GHz)	Channel C (GHz)
Required passband range	6.400-6.700	6.750-7.050	7.100-7.400
Simulated passband range	6.402-6.690	6.750-7.043	7.102-7.395
Measured passband range (3 dB)	6.398-6.679	6.748-7.033	7.096-7.385
Measured passband (return loss better than 12 dB)	6.420-6.678	6.780-7.030	7.110-7.380
Simulated bandwidth shrinkage ratio	-4.0%	-2.3%	-2.3%
Measured bandwidth shrinkage (3 dB) ratio	-6.3%	-5.0%	-3.7%
Measured bandwidth ratio (return loss better than 12 dB)	-14.0%	-16.7%	-10.0%