Ultra-Wideband Low Noise Amplifiers For The Next Generation Very Large Array

Velazco, Jose E. and Ledezma, Luis and Bowen, James and Samoska, Lorene and Soriano, Melissa and Akgiray, Ahmed and Weinreb, Sander and Lazio, Joseph (2019) Ultra-Wideband Low Noise Amplifiers For The Next Generation Very Large Array. In: 2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference. IEEE , Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9781538668542. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190710-160001424

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Abstract

We have implemented a single wideband receiver package that could cover the 8 to 48 GHz frequency range of the ngVLA. The current JVLA covers this frequency range employing five distinct receiver packages. We estimate that reducing the number of receiving systems required to cover the full frequency range should reduce operating costs. The receiver package we developed consists of a quad-ridge feed horn, low-noise amplifiers (LNA), and a down-converter to analog intermediate frequencies. Both the feedhorn and the LNA are cryogenically cooled. On the LNA front we pursued two 8–48 GHz MMIC designs, the first using 70-nm gallium arsenide, metamorphic high-electron-mobility-transistors (HEMT), and the second using 35-nm indium phosphide HEMTs. In this paper, we report the measured gain and noise temperatures of these LNAs.

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Akgiray, Ahmed	0000-0002-7373-4158
Weinreb, Sander	0000-0002-9353-6204

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© 2019 IEEE. Copyright 2018 California Institute of Technology. U.S. Government sponsorship acknowledged. The research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Copyright 2018 California Institute of Technology. U.S. Government sponsorship acknowledged.

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NASA/JPL/Caltech	UNSPECIFIED

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10.1109/AERO.2019.8742126

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J. E. Velazco et al., "Ultra-Wideband Low Noise Amplifiers For The Next Generation Very Large Array," 2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 2019, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1109/AERO.2019.8742126

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10 Jul 2019 23:15

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