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Cryogenically-cooled, HEMT amplifiers and receivers in 1-50 GHz range: state-of-the-art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Marian W. Pospieszalski*
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory*, 2015 Ivy Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

Abstract

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A review of the recent developments in the design, construction and performance of cryogenicallycoolable, high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT, MODFET) amplifiers and their application in compact cryogenic receivers for radio astronomy applications is presented.

Type
Hardware for Interferometry
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1991

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