• DocumentCode
    420085
  • Title

    Cryogenic 2-4 GHz ultra low noise amplifier

  • Author

    Mellberg, Anders ; Wadefalk, Niklas ; Angelov, Iltcho ; Choumas, E. ; Kollberg, Erik ; Rorsman, Niklas ; Starski, Piotr ; Stenarson, Jorgen ; Zirath, Herbert

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Microtechnology & Nanoscience, Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    6-11 June 2004
  • Firstpage
    161
  • Abstract
    This paper describes two-stage InP-based cryogenic broadband amplifier with very low noise for the frequency band 1.5-4.5 GHz. For a band of 2-4 GHz at 15 K the measured gain is 30.0±2 dB and a noise temperature below 5 K. The total DC power consumption of the amplifier is 6.8 mW.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; high electron mobility transistors; indium compounds; microwave amplifiers; semiconductor device models; thermal noise; 1.5 to 4.5 GHz; 15 K; 2 to 4 GHz; 6.8 mW; DC power consumption; HEMT; InP; cryogenic broadband amplifier; cryogenic low noise amplifier; noise temperature; Broadband amplifiers; Cryogenics; Energy consumption; Frequency; Gain measurement; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise measurement; Power amplifiers; Power measurement; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 2004 IEEE MTT-S International
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8331-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1335830
  • Filename
    1335830