The low frequency receivers for SKA 1-low: Design and verification

© 2017 URSI. The initial phase of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) [1] is represented by a -10% instrument and construction should start in 2018. SKA 1-Low, a sparse Aperture Array (AA) covering the frequency range 50 to 350 MHz, will be part of this. This instrument will consist of 512 stations, ea...

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Main Authors: Benthem, P., Gerbers, M., De Vaate, J., Wynholds, S., Bast, J., Booler, T., Colgate, T., Crosse, B., Emrich, David, Hall, Peter, Juswardy, Budi, Kerniey, D., Schlagenhaufer, Franz, Sokolowski, Marcin, Sutinjo, Adrian, Ung, D., Wayth, Randall, Williams, Andrew, Alderighi, M., Bolli, P., Comoretto, G., Mattana, A., Monari, J., Naldi, G., Perini, F., Pupillo, G., Rusticelli, S., Schiaffmo, M., Schilliro, F., Aminei, A., Chiello, R., Jones, M., Baker, J., Bennett, R., Halsall, R., Kaligeridou, G., Roberts, M., Schnetler, H., Abraham, J., De Lera Acedo, E., Faulkner, A., Razavi-Ghods, N., Cutajar, D., Demarco, A., Magro, A., Adami, K.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67896
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Summary:© 2017 URSI. The initial phase of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) [1] is represented by a -10% instrument and construction should start in 2018. SKA 1-Low, a sparse Aperture Array (AA) covering the frequency range 50 to 350 MHz, will be part of this. This instrument will consist of 512 stations, each hosting 256 antennas creating a total of 131,072 antennas. A first verification system towards SKA 1-Low, Aperture Array Verification System 1 (AAVSl), is being deployed and validated in 2017.