Workshop Presentations

MMIC Array Receivers and Spectrographs Workshop

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Tony Readhead, Caltech Overview of Study Program (video) (pdf)
Charles Lawrence, JPL Overview of Study Program (video) (pdf)
Mark Allen, JPL High Spectral Resolution Systems for Solar System Exploration at Frequencies up to 600 GHz (video) (pdf)
Clive Dickinson, IPAC Measuring foregrounds for future CMB experiments (pdf)
Sarah Church, Stanford University Measurements of the CMB and other continuum signals with coherent arrays (video) (pdf)
Paul Goldsmith, JPL Astronomical spectroscopy at millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelengths (video) (pdf)
Bjorn Lambrigtsen, JPL Earth Remote Sensing Applications with Microwave Array Spectrometers (video) (pdf)
Andrew Lange, Caltech Bolometric vs. MMIC arrays for CMB Science (video) (pdf)
Jonas Zmuidzinas, Caltech Fundamental sensitivity limits for coherent and direct detection (video) (pdf)
State of the Art and Future Possibilities for Receivers - Device/Circuit/MMIC Level
Patty Chang-Chien, Northrop Grumman 3D Integration Using Wafer-level Packaging (pdf)
Miro Micovic, HRL Labs High power W-band GaN MMICs (pdf)
Mo Missous, University of Manchester Metal-semiconductor interfaces: towards quantum limited MMIC performances at sub-millimeter wave frequencies (pdf)
Marian Pospieszalski, NRAO What we know and do not know about cryogenic HEMT’s (pdf)
Peter Wilkinson University of Manchester European R&D on multi-purpose cameras: the APRICOT programme (pdf)
State of the Art and Future Possibilities for Receivers - Module or Multi-Chip Level
Todd Gaier, JPL MMIC Technology Prospects for Large Arrays (pdf)
Chris Groppi, University of Arizona Supercam: A 64-Beam Heterodyne Array for the 870-micron Atmospheric Window (pdf)
Danielle Kettle, University of Manchester Ka-Band MMIC Radiometer: experiences and future in Radio Astronomy (pdf)
Richard Lai, Northrop Grumman Recent NGST HEMT Device & MMIC Development (pdf)
Matt Morgan, NRAO NRAO MMIC-Based Receiver Developments for the Next Decade of Radio Astronomy (pdf)
Sandy Weinreb, Caltech Prospects in Semiconductors for Focal Plane Arrays (pdf)
State of the Art and Future Possibilities for Receivers - Instrument Level
Neal Erickson slides via Paul Goldsmith MMIC Receiver Systems Developed at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (pdf)
Keith Grainge Technological Requirements for a next generation SZ Imager (pdf)
Mike Seiffert, JPL Primordial Inflation Telescope (PILOT) - a MMIC based polarimeter mission concept for measuring Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization (pdf)
Ghassan Yassin, University of Oxford Novel Technology for Ultra-Sensitive Cosmology Instruments (pdf)
State of the Art and Future Possibilities for Digital Back Ends
Larry D'Addario, JPL Overview of Digital Signal Processing for Imaging and Spectroscopy (pdf)
Dave Hawkins, Caltech FPGA Interfacing and Signal Processing (pdf)
Chris Ruf, University of Michigan Digital Correlators for Spaceborne Earth Remote Sensing: Current Status and Near Term Technology Development (pdf)
Dan Werthimer, UC Berkeley CASPER Collaboration for Digital Backends (pdf)

 

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77 Ghz Transceiver

Example of a 77 Ghz transceiver designed by the Hajimiri Group at Caltech.