A terahertz focal plane array using HEB superconducting mixers and MMIC if amplifiers

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 199-201

  Rodriguez Morales, Fernando ^a   Yngvesson, K Sigfrid ^a   Gerecht, Eyal ^a   Wadefalk, Niklas ^b   Nicholson, John ^a   Gu, Dazhen ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Goyette, Thomas ^c   Waldman, Jerry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal plane arrays (FPAs); Hot electron bolometer (HEB) heterodyne detectors; Microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) low noise amplifiers (LNAs); Terahertz receivers

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BOLOMETERS; COOLING; FREQUENCIES; MIXER CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS (FLA); HETERODYNE DETECTORS; HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETERS (HEB); LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIERS (LNA); MICROWAVE MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (MMIC); TETRAHERTZ RECEIVERS;

ARRAYS;

EID: 18144366275     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.845688     Document Type: Article

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