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Table B.1.
Acronyms and abbreviations used throughout the text.
| Acronym | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 2SB | Two sideband (i.e. sideband separating) |
| ACA | Atacama Compact Array (Morita Array) |
| ADS | (Keysight) Advanced Design System |
| ALMA | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
| AME | Anomalous microwave emission |
| AR | Anti-refective/anti-reflection |
| ASIAA | Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| C2R | Circular-to-rectangular |
| CAD | Computer aided design |
| CCA | Cold cartridge assembly |
| CMB | Cosmic microwave background |
| CNC | Computer numerical control |
| CO | Carbon monoxide |
| CLP | Chilean Peso |
| CRAL | Cahill Radio Astronomy Laboratory |
| DSB | Dual-sideband |
| DUT | Device under test |
| EM | Electromagnetic |
| ESO | European Southern Observatory |
| FBM | Fundamental balanced mixers |
| FE | Front end (receiver cryostat) |
| FWHM | Full width at half maximum |
| FZ | Float zone |
| GaAs | Gallium Arsenide |
| GARD | Group for Advanced Receiver Development |
| HEMT | High electron mobility transistor |
| HFSS | (ANSYS) High-Frequency Structure Simulator |
| HDPE | High-density polyethylene |
| IF | Intermediate frequency |
| IR | Infra-red |
| INAF | Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica |
| InP | Indium Phosphide |
| IRA | Istituto di Radioastronomia |
| LFI | Low Frequency Instrument (on Planck) |
| LNA | Low noise amplifier |
| LNF | Low Noise Factory |
| LO | Local oscillator |
| MMFE | Mode-matching/finite-elements |
| MMIC | Monolithic microwave integrated circuit |
| NAOJ | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan |
| NGC | Northrop Grumman Corporation |
| NRAO | National Radio Astronomical Observatory |
| OAA | Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri |
| OAS | Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna |
| OMT | Orthomode transducer |
| PCL | Phase centre location |
| PLL | Phase locked loop |
| PWV | Preciptable water vapour |
| RF | Radio frequency (i.e. on-sky frequency) |
| RPG | Radiometer Physics GmbH |
| SIS | Superconductor-insulator-superconductor |
| SSB | Single-sideband |
| SZ | Sunyaev–Zeldovich (effect) |
| UdC | Universidad de Chile |
| UHMW-PE | Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene |
| UoM | University of Manchester |
| VNA | Vector network analyser |
| WCA | Warm cartridge assembly |
| YIG | Yttrium iron garnet |
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