Expressions for the shielding effectiveness of thin superconducting fi
lm for near and far held interfering sources have been derived by mode
lling the superconductor as a dielectric material of negative dielectr
ic constant. Computation of shielding effectiveness of thin film super
conductor as a function of frequency is carried out. Results are compa
red with those of copper. It is observed that superconductors are bett
er shields at lower ranges of millimeter wave frequencies and copper h
as a better shielding effectiveness at frequencies beyond 100 GHz.