Dicke radiometer

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The Dicke radiometer is a sensitive microwave radiometer design that uses rapid switching to reduce noise, enabling precise measurements of weak cosmic and thermal radiation signals.

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Dicke radiometer canonical 2

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instanceOf microwave radiometer ⓘ
radiometer design ⓘ
appliedIn atmospheric remote sensing ⓘ
cosmic microwave background experiments ⓘ
radio astronomy observations ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple differential measurement ⓘ
switching modulation ⓘ
developedBy Robert H. Dicke ⓘ
developedIn 1940s ⓘ
field microwave engineering ⓘ
radio astronomy ⓘ
remote sensing ⓘ
hasAdvantageOver total power radiometer ⓘ
hasComponent antenna ⓘ
detector ⓘ
integrator ⓘ
low-noise amplifier ⓘ
microwave switch ⓘ
reference termination ⓘ
hasKeyFeature improved sensitivity ⓘ
measurement of small temperature differences ⓘ
noise reduction by switching between antenna and reference load ⓘ
stabilized receiver gain ⓘ
hasMethod comparison of sky signal with reference load ⓘ
hasPurpose measurement of cosmic microwave radiation ⓘ
measurement of thermal radiation ⓘ
measurement of weak microwave signals ⓘ
reduction of gain fluctuations ⓘ
reduction of receiver noise ⓘ
measurementOutput antenna temperature ⓘ
mitigates 1/f noise ⓘ
gain drift ⓘ
namedAfter Robert H. Dicke ⓘ
operatesIn microwave band ⓘ
radio frequency spectrum ⓘ
relatedTo correlation radiometer ⓘ
noise figure measurement techniques ⓘ
total power radiometer ⓘ
typicalSwitchingFrequency kilohertz range ⓘ
usedForDiscoveryOf cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ
uses Dicke switching ⓘ
microwave receiver ⓘ
rapid switching ⓘ
reference load ⓘ
square-law detector ⓘ

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Robert H. Dicke → notableWork → Dicke radiometer ⓘ
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