Development of cryogenic if low-noise 4-12 GHz amplifiers for ALMA radio astronomy receivers

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1907-1910

  López Fernández, Isaac ^a   Puyol, Juan Daniel Gallego ^a   González, Carmen Diez ^a   Cancio, Alberto Barcia ^a  

^a Centro Astronomico de Yebes   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amplifier noise; Broadband amplifier; Cryogenic electronics; IF amplifiers; MODFET amplifiers; Radio astronomy; Submillimeter wave receivers

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; MICROWAVE ISOLATORS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

ALLAN VARIANCE; CRYOGENIC ELECTRONICS; IF AMPLIFIERS; NOISE TEMPERATURE;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34250377357     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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