"JOURNAL OF RADIO ELECTRONICS"  N 12, 2015

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Millimeter wave  radio astronomy receivers with spectral separation of channels on the radio frequency

 

V. B. Khaikin 1, V. N. Radzikhovskii 2, S. E. Kuzmin 2, S. V. Shlenzin 2

1 RAS Special astrophysical observatory, St. Petersburg branch 

2 RPC “Iceberg-NT”

 

The paper is received on November 22, 2015

 

Abstract. The paper describes  methods of constructing a multi-channel millimeter wave  radio astronomy receiver with spectral separation of channels on the radio frequency. The results of the development of an 8-channel receiver at 30-40 GHz with a channel bandwidth of 900 MHz  in microstrip performance and at 38-46 GHz with a channel bandwidth of 250 MHz in the waveguide performance are presented. The characteristics and results of the developed schemes and units of multi-channel receiver are given.

Key words: radio astronomy, radio telescope, multichannel receiver, spectral separation of channels, microstrip and waveguide performance, power dividers,  pass band filters.