Low-noise amplifier for next-generation radio astronomy telescopes: Review of the state-of-the-art cryogenic LNAs in the most challenging applications

CC Chiong, Y Wang, KC Chang… - IEEE Microwave …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that explores the universe via radio signals up to
a few terahertz. Since the first detection of radio signals from the Milky Way by Karl G. Jansky …

Cryogenic low-noise amplifiers: Noise performance and power dissipation

JC Bardin - IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cryogenically cooled low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) have had a profound impact on
experimental science. For instance, these amplifiers allow us to communicate with distant …

A 67–116-GHz cryogenic low-noise amplifier in a 50-nm InGaAs metamorphic HEMT technology

F Thome, F Schäfer, S Türk… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a 67–116-GHz low-noise amplifier (LNA) module with state-of-the-art
cryogenic noise performance. The LNA is based on a monolithic microwave integrated …

Extremely low-noise cryogenic amplifiers for radio astronomy: past, present and future

MW Pospieszalski - 2018 22nd International Microwave and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Improvements in the noise temperature of cryogenic field-effect transistors (FET's) and, later,
heterostructure field-effect transistors (HFET's) over the last several decades have been …

[图书][B] Traveling wave parametric amplifiers and other nonlinear kinetic inductance devices

NS Klimovich - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The microwave frequency range is home to a large amount of cosmologically crucial signals
including the cosmic microwave background, emission from high redshift galaxies, and …

Double-ridged waveguide orthomode transducer (OMT) for the 67–116-GHz band

A Gonzalez, S Asayama - Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz …, 2018 - Springer
A high-performance low-loss high-reflection-loss compact double-ridged waveguide
orthomode transducer (OMT) for the 67–116 GHz band has been designed, fabricated, and …

Ultra-Low-Noise InGaAs mHEMT Technology and MMICs for Space Missions and Radio Astronomy

F Thome, L John, R Weber, F Heinz… - 2023 IEEE/MTT-S …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper demonstrates a set of wideband state-of-the-art low-noise amplifier (LNA)
monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) ranging from 2 to 190 GHz. All MMICs are …

A compact sideband separating downconverter with excellent return loss and good conversion gain for the W band

D Monasterio, C Jarufe, D Gallardo… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have developed a sideband separating receiver module for the W band (75-110 GHz)
that has been designed with a scalable and compact architecture allowing easy integration …

Cryogenic W-band SiGe BiCMOS low-noise amplifier

M Varonen, N Sheikhipoor… - 2020 IEEE/MTT-S …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we present the design, modeling, and on-wafer measurement results of an ultra-
wideband cryogenically cooled SiGe low-noise amplifier covering at least 71 to 116 GHz …

70-116-GHz LNAs in 35-nm and 50-nm gate-length metamorphic HEMT technologies for cryogenic and room-temperature operation

F Thome, A Leuther, JD Gallego… - 2018 IEEE/MTT-S …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the room-temperature and cryogenic performance of two low-noise amplifier
(LNA) modules in the frequency range from 70 to 116 GHz is presented and analyzed. The …