Abstract
The Simons Observatory will measure the cosmic microwave background temperature and polarization using a suite of new telescopes in the Atacama Desert in Chile.The Simons Observatory will use dichroic transition edge sensor (TES) bolometer arrays spanning six frequency bands from 27 to 280 GHz.The Simons Observatory will pioneer the use of a densely packed multiplexing architecture based on the microwave SQUID multiplexer (μmux), housing ∼2000 microwave resonators, each coupled to a TES. The Simons Observatory aims to multiplex each array of ∼2000 detectors with a single pair of coaxial cables and requires a multiplexing factor of ∼1000. The Simons Observatory cryogenic readout system is called the universal microwave multiplexing module (UMM). The UMM couples to both horn and lenslet-coupled detector arrays and is integrated into the universal focal-plane module (UFM) after being independently characterized. We present processes we have developed for highly repeatable and automated integration methods of UMMs, which will be needed for the production of the 49 UFMs required for the first stage of the Simons Observatory.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 985-993 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Low Temperature Physics |
Volume | 199 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1 2020 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
Keywords
- CMB
- Multiplexing
- Packaging
- RF-SQUID
- Readout
- TES bolometers