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Cryogenically cooled low-noise amplifier for radio-astronomical observations and centimeter-wave deep-space communications systems

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We report a design solution for a highly reliable, low-noise and extremely efficient cryogenically cooled transmit/receive unit for a large antenna system meant for radio-astronomical observations and deep-space communications in the X band. We describe our design solution and the results of a series of laboratory and antenna tests carried out in order to investigate the properties of the cryogenically cooled low-noise amplifier developed. The transmit/receive unit designed for deep-space communications (Mars missions, radio observatories located at Lagrangian point L2, etc.) was used in practice for communication with live satellites including “Radioastron” observatory, which moves in a highly elliptical orbit.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia

    V. F. Vdovin, S. Yu. Dryagin, A. I. Eliseev, D. V. Korotaev, I. V. Lesnov, M. A. Mansfeld, E. L. Pevzner & V. G. Perminov

  2. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R. E. Alekseev, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia

    V. F. Vdovin, A. I. Eliseev & I. V. Lesnov

  3. Special Design Bureau Of Moscow Energy Institute, Moscow, 111250, Russia

    V. G. Grachev, R. K. Kamaletdinov, B. D. Sapozhnikov & V. P. Saurin

  4. Special Design Bureau High-Tech Development, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia

    E. L. Pevzner, V. G. Perminov & A. M. Pilipenko

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Original Russian Text © V.F. Vdovin, V.G. Grachev, S.Yu. Dryagin, A.I. Eliseev, R.K. Kamaletdinov, D.V. Korotaev, I.V. Lesnov, M.A. Mansfeld, E.L. Pevzner, V.G. Perminov, A.M. Pilipenko, B.D. Sapozhnikov, V.P. Saurin, 2016, published in Astrofizicheskii Byulleten, 2016, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 134–138.

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Vdovin, V.F., Grachev, V.G., Dryagin, S.Y. et al. Cryogenically cooled low-noise amplifier for radio-astronomical observations and centimeter-wave deep-space communications systems. Astrophys. Bull. 71, 125–128 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990341316010132

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