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This paper presents the field trial results of a high temperature superconductor filter system (HTSFS) in a code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile communication base station (BTS) in Tangshan, China.The center frequency of the HTSFS is 830 MHz with 1.4% fractional bandwidth. The noise figure (NF) of the HTSFS, including connectors and cables, is 0.8 dB. The field trial results show that after the HTSFS was installed in the receiver front-end of a CDMA base station, the transmitting power of handset was decreased by 3.1 dB on average. Up to now, the HTSFS has been running steadily in the base station for more than 22 months, demonstrating the reliability and stability of the system. HTS, filter, mobile communication, LNAIn recent years, the rapid growth of the mobile communication in China [1] urges the wireless network operators to do their best to optimize the mobile communication system. The excellent performance of HTSFS can greatly improve the receiving sensitivity and selectivity of the BTS, leading to an increase in the capacity, coverage and ability of anti-interference of the mobile communication network. So the HTSFS has become a competitive resolution for wireless communication companies [2][3][4][5][6] .At present, thousands of HTSFSs are used in wireless communication BTSs in USA. The HTSFSs have proved their advantages over the conventional ones [7] . In this paper, we presented the results of the first field trial of our HTS filters in a CDMA mobile communication BTS of China.

We describe and analyze selected surface impedance data recently obtained by different groups on cuprate, ruthenate and diboride superconducting films on metallic and dielectric substrates for fundamental studies and microwave applications. The discussion includes a first review of microwave data on MgB 2 , the weak-link behaviour of RABiTS-type YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ tapes, and the observation of a strong anomalous powerdependence of the microwave losses in MgO at low temperatures. We demonstrate how microwave measurements can be used to investigate electronic, magnetic, and dielectric dissipation and relaxation in the films and substrates. The impact of such studies reaches from the extraction of microscopic information to the engineering of materials and further on to applications in power systems and communication technology.Keywords: Surface impedance, superconducting films, microwave dissipation, relaxation.Address: Dr. Matthias Hein, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Wuppertal, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany. Tel. +49(202) 439-2747, Fax +49(202) Email: mhein@venus.physik.uni-wuppertal.de M. Hein et al., EUCAS 2001, invited paper B3-01, page 2 of 19 Microwave measurements in condensed matter physics Theoretical backgroundThis paper illustrates the relevance of microwave measurements for the investigation of electronic and magnetic transport and ordering in condensed matter. While most work has been done on solids, the described techniques could also be adapted to soft matter or liquids.The presentation is based on a selection of examples and does not attempt to provide a complete description of activities in this field.The complex-valued surface impedance Z s =R s +iX s at a microwave frequency ω=2πf is related to the permeability and conductivity of a material, µ and σ, in the local limit by ) (where R s and X s are the surface resistance and reactance [1]. The material parameters µ and σ are complex-valued and frequency dependent, e.g., via electronic, magnetic, or dielectric relaxation. The generalized conductivity σ characterizes electrical conduction through transport and displacement currents.The electrodynamic response of metallic materials provides information on the electronic properties within a surface layer of the order of the London penetration depth ~200 nm, and on a variable time scale ∼1/ω. Such information is complementary to thermodynamic bulk properties and low-frequency transport data. The high frequencies also help to derive Fermi surface properties, which would require strong magnetic fields at very low temperatures otherwise [2]. We will focus in the following on superconductors, for which Z s bears information on the density of states and quasiparticle excitations above and below the transition temperature T c [3]. It is also related to the phase purity, grain connectivity and interface effects of technical materials, which cannot readily be studied at similar resolution by At present at least 50 renowned academic and industrial groups study superconductors at microwave frequencies, to ...