Evaluation of an electronic sky derotation scheme for a phased array fed reflector antenna

© 2014 European Association on Antennas and Propagation. In recent years a number of reflector antenna radio telescopes have been fitted with Phased Array Feeds (PAF) [1], [2], [3], [4] as part of ongoing research on the development as well as the effective use of this technology. The baseline desig...

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Main Authors: Young, A., Warnick, K., Davidson, David
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72108
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description © 2014 European Association on Antennas and Propagation. In recent years a number of reflector antenna radio telescopes have been fitted with Phased Array Feeds (PAF) [1], [2], [3], [4] as part of ongoing research on the development as well as the effective use of this technology. The baseline design for SKA phase 1 also specifies the use of this technology in the SKA-survey instrument [5]. One major advantage of using a PAF is that it significantly improves the survey speed due to an increase in the Field-of-View (FoV) as multiple beams on the sky may be formed simultaneously. In addition to this, the beamforming capability of such systems also offer the advantage of being able to optimize various Figures-of-Merit (FoM). This ability is often utilized to improve the stability of the beam response over the FoV in order to improve imaging dynamic range [6], [7], [8].
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-721082018-12-13T09:31:55Z Evaluation of an electronic sky derotation scheme for a phased array fed reflector antenna Young, A. Warnick, K. Davidson, David © 2014 European Association on Antennas and Propagation. In recent years a number of reflector antenna radio telescopes have been fitted with Phased Array Feeds (PAF) [1], [2], [3], [4] as part of ongoing research on the development as well as the effective use of this technology. The baseline design for SKA phase 1 also specifies the use of this technology in the SKA-survey instrument [5]. One major advantage of using a PAF is that it significantly improves the survey speed due to an increase in the Field-of-View (FoV) as multiple beams on the sky may be formed simultaneously. In addition to this, the beamforming capability of such systems also offer the advantage of being able to optimize various Figures-of-Merit (FoM). This ability is often utilized to improve the stability of the beam response over the FoV in order to improve imaging dynamic range [6], [7], [8]. 2014 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72108 10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902303 restricted
spellingShingle Young, A.
Warnick, K.
Davidson, David
Evaluation of an electronic sky derotation scheme for a phased array fed reflector antenna
title Evaluation of an electronic sky derotation scheme for a phased array fed reflector antenna
title_full Evaluation of an electronic sky derotation scheme for a phased array fed reflector antenna
title_fullStr Evaluation of an electronic sky derotation scheme for a phased array fed reflector antenna
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of an electronic sky derotation scheme for a phased array fed reflector antenna
title_short Evaluation of an electronic sky derotation scheme for a phased array fed reflector antenna
title_sort evaluation of an electronic sky derotation scheme for a phased array fed reflector antenna
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72108