Feasibility of a cryogenic multiplexer for spaceborne applications
✍ Scribed by T Rösgen; L Reyneri; O.N Devit
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 310 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-2275
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✦ Synopsis
Several electronic device technologies (MOS, CMOS, GaAs) have been investigated for their suitability in an analogue signal multiplexer operating throughout the temperature range 4 K < T< 77 K. Constraints on leakage currents, channel resistance and radiation hardness led to the selection of GaAs as the candidate technology. Selected test results are presented and some problem areas identified.
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