Experimental results of gain fluctuations and noise in microwave low-noise cryogenic amplifiers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5470, Issue , 2004, Pages 402-413

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

^a Centro Astronomico de Yebes   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryogenic Amplifier; Gain fluctuations; InP; Low noise; Sub millimeter radiometers

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC AMPLIFIERS; GAIN FLUCTUATIONS; INP; LOW NOISE; SUB-MILLIMETER RADIOMETERS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ASTRONOMY; CRYOGENICS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; LITHOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 4344644324     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.547097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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