Compact Coaxial Filters for BTS Applications
A new class of coaxial cavity filters with low-profile suitable for base transceiver station applications is proposed. The benefits of the technology are volume reduction, high performance, and superior spurious-free response. An equivalent lumped element circuit allows for a fast and efficient initial design of the resonators. Full-wave optimization is required to produce the final configuration of the filters. Experimental results demonstrate the high performance of the proposed filters. The electrical length of the experimental resonators is as low as  $\lambda _{0}/16$ . The measured insertion loss of the five-pole filter is 0.92 dB at 722 MHz. Experimental results show a spurious-free response of the order of 7.6 times.
Multi-conductor coaxial cavity resonators for miniaturization of UHF bandpass filters
In this paper, we present the compact bandpass cavity filters for UHF range. We investigate the properties of coaxial resonators with various numbers of tubular posts from one to four. We show that the resonant frequency can be four times smaller for the four-post resonator in comparison with the single post resonator with the same cavity dimensions. We synthesized and manufactured fifth-order bandpass cavity filter on four-post coaxial resonators for the 690–806 MHz frequency range with 20-dB return loss. The filter dimensions were 30 mm × 44 mm × 127 mm. We also synthesized and manufactured the fifth-order bandpass cavity filter on four-post coaxial resonators with inductive and capacitive cross-coupling between first and fifth resonators to provide transmission zeros in amplitude–frequency characteristic in lower- and upper-frequency band, respectively. Comparison with the standard double-post coaxial cavity filters demonstrates more than 30% volume reduction with similar transmission characteristics.
Physical Processes in Inorganic Scintillators
BASIC PRINCIPLES AND PROCESSES Physical Mechanism of Scintillation Creation of Electron Hole Pairs Excitation and Emission of Luminescence Centers Scintillation Materials Halides Oxides and Oxide Systems Chalcogenides Glasses Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Scintillators High Energy Photons Charged Particles Neutral Particles General Characteristics of Inorganic Scintillators Light Yield Duration of Scintillation Pulse Afterglow Temperature Response Optical Properties Radiation Hardness Density Emission Spectra Mechanical and Chemical Properties Physical Parameters Cost Consideration Scintillator Requirements in Various Applications High Energy Physics Intermediate Energy Physics Positron Emission Tomography Gamma Spectroscopy Energy Resolution Intrinsic Scintillator Resolution Nonproportional Response Time Resolution Low Energy Quanta and Electrons CONVERSION OF ELECTRONIC EXCITATIONS IN SOLIDS Charge Carrier Behaviors Delta Rays Secondaries Excitation of Luminescence Centers Effect of Ionization Density Energy Losses Simple Phenomenological Model Plasmon Model Polaron Model Scintillation Yield Spectra Vacuum Ultraviolet Region Ultrasoft X-Rays X-Rays Gamma Rays Heavy Ionizing Particles INTRINSIC LUMINESCENCE OF INORGANIC SCINTILLATORS Excitonic Luminescence Alkali Halide Crystals Alkaline-Earth Fluorides Ternary Halide Compounds Excitonic-Like Luminescence Cesium Iodide Tungstate and Molybdate Phosphors Core-to-Valence Transitions First Evidence for Radiative Core-to-Valence Transitions Excitation Spectra Emission Spectra Experiment Theory Luminescence Kinetics Experimental Theoretical Investigations Temperature Dependence of Luminescence Parameters Conditions of Detection Prospects for Research EXTRINSIC LUMINESCENCE OF INORGANIC SCINTILLATORS Thallium-Activated Halide Scintillators Crystals with NaCl-Type Structure Crystals with CsCl-Type Structure Other Thallium-Based and Thallium-Doped Crystals Crystals Containing Other ns2 Ions Bismuth Germanate (BGO) Sodium-Activated Cesium Iodide Rare-Earth-Activated Crystals General Considerations Europium-Activated Crystals Cerium-Activated Compounds Preliminary Comments LaF3-CeF3 Systems Cerium Chloride Barium Fluoride Gadolinium-Containing Crystals Lu- and Y-Containing Crystals Nd- and Pr-Activated Crystals DEFECT FORMATION BY IONIZING RADIATION Effect on Scintillator Characteristics Mechanisms of Defect Formation Efficiency of Defect Production Geometrical Factor Separation between F and H Centers Temperature Dependence of Production Efficiency Role of Halogen Ion Impurities Effect of Cation Impurities Formation Time of F-H Pairs Closing Comments References Index