Design, development and verification of the 30 and 44 GHz front-end modules for the Planck Low Frequency Instrument

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Davis, J ^a   Wilkinson, A ^a   Davies, D ^a   Winder, F ^a   Roddis, N ^a   Blackhurst, J ^a   Lawson, D ^a   Lowe, R ^a   Baines, C ^a   Butlin, M ^a   Galtress, A ^a   Shepherd, D ^a   Aja, B ^b   Artal, E ^b   Bersanelli, M ^c   Butler, C ^d   Castelli, C ^e   Cuttaia, F ^d   D'Arcangelo, O ^f   Gaier, T ^g   Hoyland, R ^h   Kettle, D ^a   Leonardi, R ⁱ   Mandolesi, N ^d   Mennella, A ^c   Meinhold, P ⁱ   Pospieszalski, M ^j   Stringhetti, L ^d   Tomasi, M ^c   Valenziano, L ^d   Zonca, A ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^f IFP CNR   (Italy)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

HEMT amplifiers; Instruments for CMB observations; Microwave radiometers; Space instrumentation

Indexed keywords

HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR (HEMTS); LINEAR POLARIZATION; LOW FREQUENCY INSTRUMENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MISSION REQUIREMENTS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; PLANCK LOW-FREQUENCY INSTRUMENTS; SPACE INSTRUMENTATIONS;

DESIGN; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETERS;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 76249130369     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/4/12/T12002     Document Type: Article

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