• DocumentCode
    2006278
  • Title

    Low-Noise VLBI Receiver at 22 GHz for Radioastron Satellite: Progress Report

  • Author

    Räisänen, Antti ; Peltonen, Juhani ; Lahtinen, Ari ; Leino, Anne-Tuulia ; Mallat, Juha ; Piironen, Petri ; Ylinen, Juhana ; Jukkala, Petri ; Kangasmaa, Seppo ; Pöllänen, Ossi ; Somerma, Hans

  • Author_Institution
    Helsinki University of Technology, Radio Laboratory, Otakaari 5 A, SF-02150 Espoo, Finland
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    4-7 Sept. 1989
  • Firstpage
    1041
  • Lastpage
    1046
  • Abstract
    The progress made in the 22 GHz low-noise Radioastron receiver project is described in this report. In this project a receiver for satellite VLBI radio astronomy is being designed and constructed. The LNA utilizing HEMTs will be cooled to 80 K, the other parts of the receiver including a phase-locked LO at 21.72 GHz, down-conversion to 512 MHz IF, total power detector and noise injection calibration system stay at 300 K physical temperature. First measurements show a noise temperature of 100 K for the LNA at 80 K.
  • Keywords
    Calibration; Detectors; HEMTs; MODFETs; Phase detection; Phase noise; Radio astronomy; Receivers; Satellite broadcasting; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1989. 19th European
  • Conference_Location
    London, UK
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1989.334104
  • Filename
    4132816