STEAMR Receiver Chain
Paper in proceeding, 2009

We report on the development of the STEAMR radiometer system, including the front-end receivers, LO multipliers and the back-end spectrometer system. STEAMR constitutes the submillimeter wave limbsounder on board PREMIER, one of three ESA Earth Explorer Core missions that have entered a feasibility study phase. The STEAMR instrument is based on a linear array of 14 heterodyne receivers operating in the 320 GHz to 360 GHz band processing over 260 GHz of instantaneous IF bandwidth. Thereto, eight of the fourteen receivers are to be sideband separating (2SB) and a novel waveguide based topology with integrated LNA’s has been developed. An overview of the receiver system is presented together with a conceptual design optimized to meet the scientific goals of the instrument. Preliminary results on critical receiver components such as front-end mixers, LO chains and the back end spectrometer are presented and different alternatives for realization are discussed.

Radiometer

Climate research

Room temperature receiver technology

Submillimeter wave

Limbsounding

Receiver array

Atmospheric composition

Author

Peter Sobis

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Physical Electronics

Magnus Hjorth

20th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology

320-325

Subject Categories

Aerospace Engineering

Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

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10/6/2017