NIST Chips Help BICEP2 Telescope Find Direct Evidence of Origin of the Universe (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Chips Help BICEP2 Telescope Find Direct Evidence of Origin of the Universe (1 of 2)

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NIST chip identical to the 16 chips integrated into the BICEP2 telescope camera at the South Pole. Each custom superconducting circuit chip amplifies the electrical signals generated by 32 microwave detectors and assembles them into a sequential time stream.

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Schmidt/NIST

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