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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7437-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-8781
DOI :
10.1109/CSICS.2010.5619680
