Very low-noise differential radiometer at 30 GHz for the PLANCK LFI

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 6 II, 2005, Pages 2050-2061

  Aja, Beatriz ^a   Artal, Eduardo ^a   De La Fuente, Luisa ^a   Pascual, Juan Pablo ^a   Mediavilla, Angel ^a   Roddis, Neil ^b   Kettle, Danielle ^b   Winder, W Frank ^b   Pradell i Cara, Lluis ^c   De Paco, Pedro ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave "Background (CMB); Cryogenic; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Microwave radiometer; PLANCK low frequency instrument (LFI)

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; CAPACITORS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVES; PERMITTIVITY; PHASE SHIFT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND (CMB); LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PLANCK LOW-FREQUENCY INSTRUMENT (LFI);

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 23144457573     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.848815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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