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WP5 JRA AETHRA

AETHRA (Advanced European Technologies for Heterodyne Receivers for Astronomy) aims at exploiting new technologies, such as highly integrated microelectronic semi- or superconducting circuits, to significantly improve the next generation receivers of mm and sub-mm wavelength telescopes, reinforcing European technological and scientific leadership by considerably improving the receiver performance and observing speed of the European-owned world- leading facilities ALMA, APEX, NOEMA and PV. The most effective means to boost the observing speed of those instruments at a reasonable cost consist of: a) widening the Intermediate/Radio frequency (IR/FR) receiver bandwidths and b) implementing large focal plane arrays (FPAs) of heterodyne receivers. (WP5 Description).

The AETHRA parter: MPG, IRAM, INAF, OSO, STFC, SRON, OBSPARIS, UOXF, UAH, ESO, Fraunhofer, RUG, UCO, TUD

The AETHRA tasks:

  • WP5.1: Semiconductor LNAs and MMIC receivers [MPG, IRAM, INAF, Fraunhofer]
  • WP5.2: Very large Focal Plan Array of SIS mixer receivers [IRAM, OSO, UOXF, UAH]
  • WP5.3: FPA of receivers operating around 1 THz [UOXF, SRON, OBSPARIS, RUG, UAH, UCO, TUD]
  • WP5.4: Subtasks common to Tasks 5.1-5.3 [IRAM, OSO, STFC, OBSPARIS, UOXF, UAH, RUG, UCO, TUD]

This activity is lead by IRAM - Leader C. Kramer


AETHRA Meetings / Teleconferences

Deliverables

The following deliverables are scheduled for WP5:

No Del. TitleLead beneficairyTypeDissemination levelDue dateSubmission dateDocument
D5.7Multipixel demonstrator of FPA of HEB mixer receiversOBSPARISDemonsPublic31.12.201926.1.2021 D5.7
D5.6Multipixel FPA demonstrator composed of 2SB SIS mixer receivers operating around 1THzRUGDemonsPublic31.12.201931.1.2021 D5.6
D5.5Multipixel FPA demonstrator composed of miniaturized 2SB receivers operating near 1 mmIRAMDemonsPublic31.12.20191.1.2021 D5.5
D5.4Very wideband RF/IF SIS receiver Designs and test report on prototype wideband mixer built on 2SB technology and operation around 1-mmOSOREPublic31.12.201930.12.2020 D5.4
D5.3Multipixel W-band FPA demonstrator composed of cryogenic module and down conversion moduleIRAMDemonsPublic31.12.201929.1.2021 D5.3
D5.2Low noise, cryogenic 35 nm mHEMT MMIC amplifiersFraunhoferDemonsConfidential31.12.20194.11.2020 not public
D5.1SIS junction mixer operating around 1 THzUOXFREPublic30.6.20193.12.2019 D5.1
jra/aethra.txt · Last modified: 2021/02/04 11:38 by jcasado