Design, development and verification of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument 70 GHz Front-End and Back-End Modules

Jussi Varis; N.J. Hughes; M. Laaninen; V-H. Kilpiä; P. Jukkala; Jussi Tuovinen; S. Ovaska; P. Sjöman; P. Kangaslahti; T. Gaier; R. Hoyland; P. Meinhold; A. Mennella; M. Bersanelli; R.C. Butler; F. Cuttaia; E. Franceschi; R. Leonardi; P. Leutennegger; M. Malaspina; N. Mandolesi; M. Miccolis; T. Poutanen; H. Kurki-Suonio; M. Sandri; L. Stringhetti; L. Terenzi; M. Tomasi; L. Valenziano

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/4/12/T12001

Design, development and verification of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument 70 GHz Front-End and Back-End Modules

Jussi Varis, N.J. Hughes, M. Laaninen, V-H. Kilpiä, P. Jukkala, Jussi Tuovinen, S. Ovaska, P. Sjöman, P. Kangaslahti, T. Gaier, R. Hoyland, P. Meinhold, A. Mennella, M. Bersanelli, R.C. Butler, F. Cuttaia, E. Franceschi, R. Leonardi, P. Leutennegger, M. MalaspinaN. Mandolesi, M. Miccolis, T. Poutanen, H. Kurki-Suonio, M. Sandri, L. Stringhetti, L. Terenzi, M. Tomasi, L. Valenziano

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70 GHz radiometer front-end and back-end modules for the Low Frequency Instrument of the European Space Agency's Planck Mission were built and tested. The operating principles and the design details of the mechanical structures are described along with the key InP MMIC low noise amplifiers and phase switches of the units. The units were tested in specially designed cryogenic vacuum chambers capable of producing the operating conditions required for Planck radiometers, specifically, a physical temperature of 20 K for the front-end modules, 300 K for the back-end modules and 4 K for the reference signal sources. Test results of the low noise amplifiers and phase switches, the front and back-end modules, and the combined results of both modules are discussed. At 70 GHz frequency, the system noise temperature of the front and back end is 28 K; the effective bandwidth 16 GHz, and the 1/f spectrum knee frequency is 38 mHz.The test results indicate state-of-the-art performance at 70 GHz frequency and fulfil the Planck performance requirements.

Original language	English
Article number	T12001
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/4/12/T12001
Publication status	Published - 2009
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Space instrumentation
HEMT amplifiers
Microwave radiometers
Instruments for CMB observations

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Varis, J., Hughes, N. J., Laaninen, M., Kilpiä, V-H., Jukkala, P., Tuovinen, J., Ovaska, S., Sjöman, P., Kangaslahti, P., Gaier, T., Hoyland, R., Meinhold, P., Mennella, A., Bersanelli, M., Butler, R. C., Cuttaia, F., Franceschi, E., Leonardi, R., Leutennegger, P., ... Valenziano, L. (2009). Design, development and verification of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument 70 GHz Front-End and Back-End Modules. Journal of Instrumentation, 4, [T12001]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/4/12/T12001

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