• DocumentCode
    2695399
  • Title

    FET´s and HEMT´s at Cryogenic Temperatures - Their Properties and Use in Low-Noise Amplifiers

  • Author

    Pospieszalski, M.W. ; Weinreb, S.

  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    May 9 1975-June 11 1987
  • Firstpage
    955
  • Lastpage
    958
  • Abstract
    This paper reviews the performance of a number of FET´s and HEMT´s at cryogenic temperatures. Typical d.c. characteristics and X-band noise parameters are presented and qualitatively correlated wherever possible with other technological or experimental data. While certain general trends can be identified, further work is needed to explain a number of observed phenomena. Design examples of three-stage, X-band HEMT and FET amplifiers are briefly discussed. Typical noise temperatures at 8.4 GHz areT/sub n/ = 22K, for all FET amplifiers and 11K for amplifier with HEMT´s in the input stage.
  • Keywords
    Cooling; Cryogenics; FETs; Gallium arsenide; HEMTs; Low-noise amplifiers; Observatories; Radio astronomy; Temperature; Transconductance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1987 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1987.1132579
  • Filename
    1132579