A 19 element cryogenic phased array feed for the Green Bank Telescope

A low-noise cryogenic phased array feed (PAF) is in development for the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). The feed consists of electrically small elements tuned to operate near 1.4 GHz and optimized for active impedance matching to cooled front end low noise amplifiers (LNAs). A prototype cryogenic PAF with analog fiber link, down-converters and streaming data acquisition system was recently tested on the GBT. Preliminary results are presented. These efforts form an important step towards the development of a new receiver system, the focal L-band array for the GBT (FLAG).