Receiver protecting device based on microstrip structure with high-temperature superconductor film

New design of an effective device for protection against high-power electromagnetic pulses has been created based on a pair of noninteracting microstrip resonators, which are coupled in the working frequency band via a third resonator based on a thin film of high-temperature superconductor (HTSC) occurring in the superconducting state. Under the action of an electromagnetic pulse with the power above a certain threshold, the HTSC film element passes from the superconducting to normal (high-resistivity) state, thus breaking the coupling between resonators. This leads to power limitation at the device output due to a strong signal reflection from the input.