Conical spiral antennas for the Square Kilometre Array - a feasibility study
The Square Kilometre Array is a next-generation radio telescope originally slated to operate at 70 – 450 MHz frequency in its lowest band (SKA-low). This thesis examines aspects of SKA-low station design and finds that two-stage beamforming produces acceptable performance. Additionally, single- and...
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Curtin University
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| author | Jiwani, Aziz Mohamed Husein |
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| description | The Square Kilometre Array is a next-generation radio telescope originally slated to operate at 70 – 450 MHz frequency in its lowest band (SKA-low). This thesis examines aspects of SKA-low station design and finds that two-stage beamforming produces acceptable performance. Additionally, single- and dual-polarised conical spirals are evaluated as candidate SKA-low elements. Though neither versions are strong candidates for SKA, the single-polarised spiral is an excellent antenna for use in Global Epoch of Reionisation experiments. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| language | English |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-2002017-02-20T06:42:04Z Conical spiral antennas for the Square Kilometre Array - a feasibility study Jiwani, Aziz Mohamed Husein The Square Kilometre Array is a next-generation radio telescope originally slated to operate at 70 – 450 MHz frequency in its lowest band (SKA-low). This thesis examines aspects of SKA-low station design and finds that two-stage beamforming produces acceptable performance. Additionally, single- and dual-polarised conical spirals are evaluated as candidate SKA-low elements. Though neither versions are strong candidates for SKA, the single-polarised spiral is an excellent antenna for use in Global Epoch of Reionisation experiments. 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/200 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Jiwani, Aziz Mohamed Husein Conical spiral antennas for the Square Kilometre Array - a feasibility study |
| title | Conical spiral antennas for the Square Kilometre Array - a feasibility study |
| title_full | Conical spiral antennas for the Square Kilometre Array - a feasibility study |
| title_fullStr | Conical spiral antennas for the Square Kilometre Array - a feasibility study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conical spiral antennas for the Square Kilometre Array - a feasibility study |
| title_short | Conical spiral antennas for the Square Kilometre Array - a feasibility study |
| title_sort | conical spiral antennas for the square kilometre array - a feasibility study |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/200 |