DocumentCode
2820360
Title
Front-End Integration Requirements for the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope
Author
De Vaate, J. G Bij ; Witvers, R.H. ; Woestenburg, E.E.M.
Author_Institution
ASTRON, Netherlands Inst. for Radio Astron., Dwingeloo, Netherlands
fYear
2010
fDate
3-6 Oct. 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Integration technology is discussed for the realization of a square kilometre radio telescope and in particular the Low Noise Amplifier (LNA). Very low noise figures with a room temperature LNA of sub 0.2dB have been achieved with 70nm mHEMT technology.
Keywords
high electron mobility transistors; nanoelectronics; radiotelescopes; LNA; front-end integration requirements; low noise amplifier; mHEMT technology; noise figure 0.2 dB; size 70 nm; square kilometre array radio telescope; Array signal processing; Arrays; Impedance; Noise; Radio astronomy; Sensitivity; Temperature measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location
Monterey, CA
ISSN
1550-8781
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7437-0
Electronic_ISBN
1550-8781
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CSICS.2010.5619680
Filename
5619680
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