Cryogenically cooling a Schottky-barrier mixer only slightly increases the conversion loss while giving a considerable reduction in mixer noise. Experimental results indicate that in conjunction with a cooled paramp if amplifier, single-sideband (SSB) receiver noise temperatures of "",350 Kat 85 GHz, and "",260 K at 33 GHz are presently obtainable. An unexplained source of noise within the diodes has been observed and if this can be eliminated a further factor of
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1973 Cryogenic Cooling of Mixers for Millimete and Centimeter Wavelengths
Cryogenically cooling a Schottky-barrier mixer only slightly increases the conversion loss while giving a considerable reduction in mixer noise. Experimental results indicate that in conjunction with a cooled paramp if amplifier, single-sideband (SSB) receiver noise temperatures of "",350 Kat 85 GHz, and "",260 K at 33 GHz are presently obtainable. An unexplained source of noise within the diodes has been observed and if this can be eliminated a further factor of
Cryogenically cooling a Schottky-barrier mixer only slightly increases the conversion loss while giving a considerable reduction in mixer noise. Experimental results indicate that in conjunction with a cooled paramp if amplifier, single-sideband (SSB) receiver noise temperatures of "",350 Kat 85 GHz, and "",260 K at 33 GHz are presently obtainable. An unexplained source of noise within the diodes has been observed and if this can be eliminated a further factor of