Thick-Film Superconducting
Materials for Radiofrequency Communications
Illinois
Superconductor Corp.
Mt. Prospect, IL
 Illinois
Superconductor Corporation, Mt. Prospect, IL, developed a new
method of producing radio frequency (RF) components with co-funding from
the NIST Advanced Technology Program (ATP). This method combines superconducting
components with conventional electronics, and has resulted in the company
developing high temperature thick film superconductors with commercial
affordability; designing and fabricating superconducting RF components;
and producing a prototype cellular communications receive filter. The
company has commenced commercial sales of its cellular base station receive
filters and also has started selling a receiver front-end that combines
RF filters with low noise amplifiers integrated into them. This technology
requires fewer new base station sites, thereby reducing costs. Illinois
Superconductor grew from 8 employees at the start of the project to
75 by the end of 1997, and received the Microwave and RF Magazine's
1996 top product award.
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Date created: February 1999
Last updated:
May 13, 2003
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