Sideband-separating MMIC receivers for observation in the 3-mm band

James W. Lamb; Kieran A. Cleary; Rohit S. Gawande; Jacob W. Kooi; Michael P. Laxen; Richard L. Plambeck; Rodrigo A. Reeves; Pekka P. Kangaslahti; Mikko Varonen

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Sideband-separating MMIC receivers for observation in the 3-mm band

James W. Lamb^*, Kieran A. Cleary, Rohit S. Gawande, Jacob W. Kooi, Michael P. Laxen, Richard L. Plambeck, Rodrigo A. Reeves, Pekka P. Kangaslahti, Mikko Varonen

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Wideband receivers for the 3-mm band were developed for CARMA, the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter wave Astronomy. Three cryogenic MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) amplifiers manufactured in InP 35-nm technology are combined in a block with waveguide probes and gain equalizers to cover the 80-116 GHz band. These are followed by a sideband-separating mixer that has two 17 GHZ wide outputs, for upper and lower sidebands. Each receiver has a feed horn followed by a circular-to-linear polarizer and orthomode transducer. The two polarizations are amplified by the cryogenic MMICs, and the outputs downconverted in sideband separating mixers, resulting in four 1-18 GHz channels that can be simultaneously correlated. The first receiver was tested in the lab, and on-sky tests conducted at CARMA. Measured noise temperatures were in the range 40-70 K, with a sideband rejection of about 15 dB.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MILLIMETER, SUBMILLIMETER, AND FAR-INFRARED DETECTORS AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY VIII
Editors	WS Holland, J Zmuidzinas
Publisher	SPIE
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5106-0208-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233106
Publication status	Published - 2016
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	Conference on Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 28 Jun 2016 → 1 Jul 2016 Conference number: 8

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
Volume	9914
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	Conference on Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	28/06/2016 → 01/07/2016

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Receivers
microwaves
millimeterwaves
sideband separation
interferometer
quadrature hybrid

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Lamb, J. W., Cleary, K. A., Gawande, R. S., Kooi, J. W., Laxen, M. P., Plambeck, R. L., Reeves, R. A., Kangaslahti, P. P., & Varonen, M. (2016). Sideband-separating MMIC receivers for observation in the 3-mm band. In WS. Holland, & J. Zmuidzinas (Eds.), MILLIMETER, SUBMILLIMETER, AND FAR-INFRARED DETECTORS AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY VIII Article UNSP 99140H (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9914). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233106

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Lamb, JW, Cleary, KA, Gawande, RS, Kooi, JW, Laxen, MP, Plambeck, RL, Reeves, RA, Kangaslahti, PP & Varonen, M 2016, Sideband-separating MMIC receivers for observation in the 3-mm band. in WS Holland & J Zmuidzinas (eds), MILLIMETER, SUBMILLIMETER, AND FAR-INFRARED DETECTORS AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY VIII., UNSP 99140H, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 9914, SPIE, Conference on Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 28/06/2016. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233106

Sideband-separating MMIC receivers for observation in the 3-mm band. / Lamb, James W.; Cleary, Kieran A.; Gawande, Rohit S. et al.
MILLIMETER, SUBMILLIMETER, AND FAR-INFRARED DETECTORS AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY VIII. ed. / WS Holland; J Zmuidzinas. SPIE, 2016. UNSP 99140H (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9914).

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