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 noise-parameter measurements: Recent research and a fully automated measurement application

A Sheldon, L Belostotski, H Mani… - IEEE Microwave …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Since the conception of radio astronomy [1], researchers have been striving to develop a"
zero-noise" broadband receiver. Although this goal has remained elusive, the pursuit of it …

Design of cryogenic LNAs for high linearity in space applications

A Çağlar, MB Yelten - … Transactions on Circuits and Systems I …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a 2 GHz low noise amplifier (LNA) implemented in 180 nm
complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology designed for cryogenic …

A 1 mW 0.1-3 GHz cryogenic SiGe LNA with an average noise temperature of 4.6 K

M Hosseini, JC Bardin - 2021 IEEE MTT-S International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 0.1-3 GHz integrated cryogenic LNA exploiting SiGe HBT has been designed and
implemented. The cryogenic performance of the HBT technology is investigated and a bias …

[HTML][HTML] Differential BroadBand (1–16 GHz) MMIC GaAs mHEMT Low-Noise Amplifier for Radio Astronomy Applications and Sensing

JL Jimenez-Martin, V Gonzalez-Posadas… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
A broadband differential-MMIC low-noise amplifier (DLNA) using metamorphic high-electron-
mobility transistors of 70 nm in Gallium Arsenide (70 nm GaAs mHEMT technology) is …

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 …

A 2–4 GHz silicon germanium cryogenic low noise amplifier MMIC

S Montazeri, JC Bardin - 2018 IEEE/MTT-S International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the cryogenic noise performance of the TowerJazz SBC18H3 technology is
studied. First, cryogenic small-signal noise models are developed for a SiGe HBT from this …

[图书][B] Dielectrically Loaded Quad-ridge Flared Horns for Ultra Wideband Reflector Feed Applications in Radio Astronomy

J Flygare - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Reflector-based radio telescopes are used as tools for observations in both radio astronomy
and space geodesy. To observe the weak sources in space, highly sensitive receivers …

[PDF][PDF] Compact cryogenic wide-band balanced amplifiers with superconducting 90° hybrids for the IF of submillimeter-wave SIS mixers

RI Amils, I López-Fernández, JD Gallego… - Proc. Int. Symp. Space …, 2019 - nrao.edu
The pressing demand for mm-wave cryogenic radio astronomy receivers with increasing
instantaneous bandwidth has spurred interest in more complex intermediate frequency …

Cold-Termination Noise-Parameter Measurements at Cryogenic Temperatures

I Majed, M Safa, K Warnick, C Groppi… - 2024 103rd ARFTG …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper demonstrates a step-by-step process of using a cold-termination method for
measuring noise parameters of a cryogenically cooled low-noise amplifier (cLNA). To …