Planck mission with advanced cryogenic mm- and submm-wave receiver arrays

Author

Tuovinen, Jussi ; Varis, Jussi ; Hughes, Nicholas ; Jukkala, Petri ; Sjoman, Pekka ; Ovaska, Sami ; Laaninen, Mikko ; Mandolesi, Nazareno ; Bersanelli, Marco ; Butler, Chris ; Hoyland, Roger

Author_Institution

MilliLab, VTT Inf. Technol., Espoo, Finland

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

6-13 March 2004

Firstpage

741

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of the Planck mission with specifics on the development, manufacturing and performance of the 70 GHz receivers of the low frequency instrument (LFI). Presently, development of the elegant breadboard model (EBB) has been completed and designing and manufacturing of the engineering model (EM) is ongoing. The EBB of LFI 70 GHz receivers has demonstrated state-of-the-art performance with a 30 K noise temperature, 16 GHz bandwidth, and a 1/f knee frequency of 30 mHz. Flight model manufacturing starts in Fall 2003.

Keywords

1/f noise; III-V semiconductors; MIMIC; MMIC amplifiers; astronomical instruments; cryogenics; indium compounds; integrated circuit noise; millimetre wave receivers; radiofrequency cosmic radiation; radiotelescopes; submillimetre wave receivers; 1/f knee frequency; 16 GHz; 30 K; 30 mHz; 70 GHz; InP; Planck mission; cryogenic submillimeter wave receiver arrays; elegant breadboard model; engineering model; flight model manufacturing; low frequency instrument; noise temperature; Aerospace engineering; Bandwidth; Cryogenics; Design engineering; Frequency; Instruments; Low-frequency noise; Pulp manufacturing; Temperature; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8155-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2004.1367676

Filename

1367676