The Project Group

The Project Group

Providing the knowledge base and design guidelines for the design of larger receiver projects.

The group manages larger receiver projects, in particular those, which require a significant amount of development work and interdisciplinary interaction. This includes the scientific specification and technical elaboration, as well as the establishment of cooperation with other research institutions. The group strongly relies on expertise and support from the other groups during project development and design, making close links across the division one of its key characteristics. Final implementation of designs will preferably take place within the Receiver and Software groups.

The group has a high level of expertise in receiver technology, simulations, and operations, while providing large system engineering capabilities to the running projects.

A rectangular gold-coloured device with a port at the front. The MPIfR logo is engraved on the side. A number of screws and openings for screws can be seen all over the device. At the back, there is an engraving saying "out" on the left and an engraving saying "in" on the right.

145 LNAs for ALMA Band 2. more

A cross-section of a three-band receiver is in the middle of the frame. There is a circle to the left with the letters K, Q and W inside. An arrow points towards the receiver. From the receiver, three arrows point towards three separate circles on the right. A red circle has the letter K inside, a green circle has the letter Q inside and a blue circle has the letter W inside.

A novel design for a three-band VLBI receiver with unmatched sensitivity. more

On the left, a design of a receiver is shown. An arrow to the right leads to the built receiver. Another arrow in turn leads to 66 receivers. Below, a cross-section of the receiver and two graphs can be seen.

66 receivers in only 18 months. more

The Members of the Group

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