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1 Cryogenic PAF Development
Progress Report PAF Workshop May 3-5, 2010 Provo, UT Roger Norrod

2 Cryogenic PAF BYU/NRAO targeting noise and efficiency competitive with best single-beam receivers. i.e. 18K, 70% at L-band. At Green Bank, construction of cryostat for 19 element L-band PAF underway. PAF Workshop Provo, UT May 2010

3 PAF Cryostat With blank-off covers for leak check April 27
Model Drawing 24 X 21 X 8 in. 61 X 53 X 20 cm. PAF Workshop Provo, UT May

4 Dual LNA and Thermal Transition
NXP SiGe transistors. Surface mount components. Thin-wall SS tubular coax. Quartz beads for vacuum seal and center conductor heat sink. Est. input coax heat load 150 mW / chan. Bias power 17 mW / chan. 14 of 20 assembled, 8 tested cold. Pair of two-channel LNAs with integrated low-loss coaxial lines for transition from 15 to 300K, vacuum seal, and antenna base interface. LNA based on: S. Weinreb, J. Bardin, H. Mani, G. Jones, “Matched wideband low-noise amplifiers for radio astronomy”, Rev. of Sci. Instr., vol. 80, , 2009. PAF Workshop Provo, UT May 3-5, 2010

5 LNA Measured Performance
Noise Y-factor measured with LN2 cold load at room temperature SMA connector. PAF Workshop Provo, UT May 3-5, 2010

6 LNA Measured Performance
PAF Workshop Provo, UT May 3-5, 2010

7 LNA Measured Performance
PAF Workshop Provo, UT May 3-5, 2010

8 Dipole Ohmic Losses Sky noise tests Nov-Dec 2009 to determine dipole noise contribution. Measured on Ciao room-temp amps (~35K). PAF Workshop Provo, UT May 3-5, 2010

9 Dipole Ohmic Losses Measured LNA/Rx with coaxial hot/cold load.
Attached dipole and measured using ambient load and sky. Corrected for scatter, galactic plane, etc. (Tsky = 7.5K) PAF Workshop Provo, UT May 3-5, 2010

10 Achievable Tsys? Total 22 K Contributor Noise Receiver 9 Dipole Losses
Mutual Coupling Spillover 5 CMB and Atm 4 Total 22 K PAF Workshop Provo, UT May 3-5, 2010

11 Next Install LNA/TT assemblies. Cooldown, measure cooling capacity.
Mount in FEB. Sky noise tests. Antenna (20m) tests. PAF Workshop Provo, UT May 3-5, 2010

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