Low-noise InP HEMT amplifier

Nianhua Jiang; Stephane Claude; Keith Yeung; Dominic Garcia

doi:10.1117/12.551019

28 September 2004 Low-noise InP HEMT amplifier

Nianhua Jiang, Stephane Claude, Keith Yeung, Dominic Garcia

Proceedings Volume 5489, Ground-based Telescopes; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551019
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a 3-stage cryogenic low noise InP HEMT amplifier for ALMA Band 3 receivers. A detailed design is given using Hughes 0.1 μm low noise InP HEMTs for producing a low power dissipation amplifier, < 9 mW. The amplifier design uses a hybrid circuit in order to provide the flexibility for optimizing the active devices and passive components. The optimal impedance matching for low noise and low input return loss were obtained by computer aided simulation to achieve 5 K noise temperature, 36 dB gain, flatness ±1 dB and -10 dB input return loss at 12 degrees Kelvin in the 4-9 GHz band. The amplifier will be used as a cold IF preamplifier with a SIS mixer in the Band 3 receivers now being constructed for the Atacama Large Millimetre Array (ALMA).

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Nianhua Jiang, Stephane Claude, Keith Yeung, and Dominic Garcia "Low-noise InP HEMT amplifier", Proc. SPIE 5489, Ground-based Telescopes, (28 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551019

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