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5.9 Actual receivers

Figure 5.7 shows the performance of one of the Plateau de Bure 230GHz receivers. The present LO/IF system dictates a 1.5GHz IF, therefore, these receivers are operated in DSB mode; in the interferometer, the sidebands can be separated due to their different fringe rates.

Figure 5.8 gives you a chance to peek at the cold RF assembly of one of the dual-channel receivers in operation at the 30-m telescope since May 1998.

Figure 5.7: DSB noise performance of one of the 230GHz receivers in operation at the PdB interferometer
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Figure 5.8: The cold RF assembly for a dual-channel receiver used at the 30-m telescope.
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Anne Dutrey