Title :
Analysis and design of Ka-band SoC radiometer for space detection of solar flares
Author :
Aluigi, Luca ; Zito, Domenico
Author_Institution :
Marconi Lab., Tyndall Nat. Inst., Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
This paper presents the results of the feasibility study of a millimeter-wave system-on-chip Dicke radiometer for space-based detection of solar flares, operating at a frequency of 36.8 GHz and expected to be implemented in a 0.25 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology by IHP, under Space evaluations. System analysis and circuit simulations are presented and discussed. The results show a resolution of 0.7 K for an integration time of 0.04 s. These results support the objective targeted with the first implementation of a SoC radiometer for space-based detection of solar flares.
Keywords :
BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; astronomical instruments; radiometers; solar flares; Ka-band SoC radiometer; SiGe BiCMOS technology; circuit simulation; frequency 36.8 GHz; millimeter-wave system-on-chip Dicke radiometer; solar flares; space-based detection; temperature 0.7 K; DH-HEMTs; Hafnium; BiCMOS; Dicke; Sun; mm-wave integrated circuits; radiometer; sensor; space;
Conference_Titel :
New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS), 2015 IEEE 13th International
Conference_Location :
Grenoble
DOI :
10.1109/NEWCAS.2015.7182070