Sub-Orbital Flight Demonstration of a 183/540–600 GHz Hybrid CMOS-InP and CMOS-Schottky-MEMS Limb-Sounder
This paper presents an overview of a sub-orbital flight demonstration with a 183 GHz and 540–600 GHz limb-sounding instrument aboard a stratospheric ballooncraft. The 183 GHz band provides soundings of stratospheric H<sub>2</sub>O and is implemented with a hybrid CMOS-InP rece...
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| author | Adrian Tang Maria Alonso Del Pino Yanghyo Kim Yan Zhang Theodore Reck Cecile Jung-Kubiak Deacon Nemchick Logan Dyer Gabriel Virbila Goutam Chattopadhyay Mau-Chung Frank Chang |
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| description | This paper presents an overview of a sub-orbital flight demonstration with a 183 GHz and 540–600 GHz limb-sounding instrument aboard a stratospheric ballooncraft. The 183 GHz band provides soundings of stratospheric H<sub>2</sub>O and is implemented with a hybrid CMOS-InP receiver architecture which provides excellent sensitivity while remaining compact (162 g) and offering an extremely low DC power consumption (0.62 W). The 540–600 GHz channel sounds stratospheric O<sub>3</sub> and uses a combination of a CMOS local oscillator, GaAs Schottky mixer and micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) RF switch for calibration, again offering competitive form factor (1.4 Kg) and low DC power consumption (6.6 W) compared to prior instruments. The instrument was flown on the NASA Reck-Tang Limb-sounding Experiment (ReckTangLE) ballooncraft and performed atmospheric soundings across New Mexico and Northwestern Texas on Oct. 17 2019. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a87320090114f8683266124f8e8d9872024-04-19T23:00:30ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Microwaves2692-83882021-01-011256057310.1109/JMW.2021.30606229384893Sub-Orbital Flight Demonstration of a 183/540–600 GHz Hybrid CMOS-InP and CMOS-Schottky-MEMS Limb-SounderAdrian Tang0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5569-4490Maria Alonso Del Pino1Yanghyo Kim2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7670-9361Yan Zhang3Theodore Reck4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1425-0177Cecile Jung-Kubiak5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2745-6342Deacon Nemchick6https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4760-4752Logan Dyer7Gabriel Virbila8Goutam Chattopadhyay9https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7942-5025Mau-Chung Frank Chang10https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2934-9359Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USATU Delft, Delft, CD, The NetherlandsSteven's Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USAUniversity of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USAVirginia Diodes Inc, Charlottesville, VA, USAJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USAJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USAJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USAUniversity of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USAJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USAUniversity of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USAThis paper presents an overview of a sub-orbital flight demonstration with a 183 GHz and 540–600 GHz limb-sounding instrument aboard a stratospheric ballooncraft. The 183 GHz band provides soundings of stratospheric H<sub>2</sub>O and is implemented with a hybrid CMOS-InP receiver architecture which provides excellent sensitivity while remaining compact (162 g) and offering an extremely low DC power consumption (0.62 W). The 540–600 GHz channel sounds stratospheric O<sub>3</sub> and uses a combination of a CMOS local oscillator, GaAs Schottky mixer and micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) RF switch for calibration, again offering competitive form factor (1.4 Kg) and low DC power consumption (6.6 W) compared to prior instruments. The instrument was flown on the NASA Reck-Tang Limb-sounding Experiment (ReckTangLE) ballooncraft and performed atmospheric soundings across New Mexico and Northwestern Texas on Oct. 17 2019.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9384893/CMOSInPhybridSchottkyMEMSlimb-sounder |
| spellingShingle | Adrian Tang Maria Alonso Del Pino Yanghyo Kim Yan Zhang Theodore Reck Cecile Jung-Kubiak Deacon Nemchick Logan Dyer Gabriel Virbila Goutam Chattopadhyay Mau-Chung Frank Chang Sub-Orbital Flight Demonstration of a 183/540–600 GHz Hybrid CMOS-InP and CMOS-Schottky-MEMS Limb-Sounder IEEE Journal of Microwaves CMOS InP hybrid Schottky MEMS limb-sounder |
| title | Sub-Orbital Flight Demonstration of a 183/540–600 GHz Hybrid CMOS-InP and CMOS-Schottky-MEMS Limb-Sounder |
| title_full | Sub-Orbital Flight Demonstration of a 183/540–600 GHz Hybrid CMOS-InP and CMOS-Schottky-MEMS Limb-Sounder |
| title_fullStr | Sub-Orbital Flight Demonstration of a 183/540–600 GHz Hybrid CMOS-InP and CMOS-Schottky-MEMS Limb-Sounder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sub-Orbital Flight Demonstration of a 183/540–600 GHz Hybrid CMOS-InP and CMOS-Schottky-MEMS Limb-Sounder |
| title_short | Sub-Orbital Flight Demonstration of a 183/540–600 GHz Hybrid CMOS-InP and CMOS-Schottky-MEMS Limb-Sounder |
| title_sort | sub orbital flight demonstration of a 183 540 x2013 600 ghz hybrid cmos inp and cmos schottky mems limb sounder |
| topic | CMOS InP hybrid Schottky MEMS limb-sounder |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9384893/ |
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