The Interplanetary Network Progress Report

Volume 42-170

Joseph H. Yuen
Editor in Chief


August 15, 2007

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California


Contents

Preface

Memory Requirements to Mitigate Fading Losses on an Optical Channel
B. Moision and A. Biswas

Focal-Plane Array Receiver Systems for Space Communications
M. Britcliffe, D. Hoppe, and V. Vilnrotter

In Situ Antenna Modeling Tools
V. Cable

A Seven-Element, Modular, Coupled-Oscillator-Based Agile Beam Receiver
R. J. Pogorzelski, S. L. Stride, M. S. Zawadzki, and J. Venkatesan

Development of an X-Band Coupled-Oscillator Transmit/Receive Phased Array
J. Venkatesan and R. Pogorzelski

Voltage-Controlled Sapphire Oscillator: Design, Development, and Preliminary Performance
R. T. Wang, G. J. Dick, and R. L. Tjoelker

Physical Temperature of the Active Region in Cryogenically Cooled Indium Phosphide High-Electron Mobility Transistors
J. J. Bautista and E. M. Long

Referees


The research described in this publication was carried out by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, service, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement by the United States Government or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.


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