Wide band, ultra low noise cryogenic InP IF amplifiers for the Herschel mission radiometers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4855, Issue , 2002, Pages 489-500

  López Fernández, Isaac ^a   Gallego, Juan Daniel ^a   Diez, Carmen ^a   Barcia, Alberto ^a   Martín Pintado, Jesús ^a,b  

^a Centro Astronomico de Yebes   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryogenic amplifier; Gain stability; Herschel mission; InP HEMT; Low noise; Sub millimeter radiometers

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; CRYOSTATS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MIXER CIRCUITS; RADIOMETERS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; SYSTEM STABILITY;

CRYOGENIC AMPLIFIER; LOW NOISE; SUB-MILLIMETER RADIOMETERS;

INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0038128292     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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