Radiation Efficiency Calculation of the Murchison Widefield Array Using a Power Wave Based Framework

We present a power wave based framework to compute the radiation efficiency of phased arrays which aims to simplify and minimize the amount of new simulated/measured data required by reusing prior knowledge of embedded element patterns (EEPs). The framework uses EEPs, S-parameters, and knowledge of...

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Main Authors: Ung, Daniel, Sutinjo, Adrian, Davidson, David Bruce, Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie, Tingay, Steven
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76900
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author Ung, Daniel
Sutinjo, Adrian
Davidson, David Bruce
Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie
Tingay, Steven
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Sutinjo, Adrian
Davidson, David Bruce
Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie
Tingay, Steven
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description We present a power wave based framework to compute the radiation efficiency of phased arrays which aims to simplify and minimize the amount of new simulated/measured data required by reusing prior knowledge of embedded element patterns (EEPs). The framework uses EEPs, S-parameters, and knowledge of low-noise amplifier (LNA) impedance to perform the calculation. Based on the previously simulated Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) embedded element pattern and S-parameters, we calculated the radiation efficiency of the MWA to be no less than 94% whereby the lowest efficiency occurs at approximately 242 MHz.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-769002019-11-18T03:27:47Z Radiation Efficiency Calculation of the Murchison Widefield Array Using a Power Wave Based Framework Ung, Daniel Sutinjo, Adrian Davidson, David Bruce Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie Tingay, Steven We present a power wave based framework to compute the radiation efficiency of phased arrays which aims to simplify and minimize the amount of new simulated/measured data required by reusing prior knowledge of embedded element patterns (EEPs). The framework uses EEPs, S-parameters, and knowledge of low-noise amplifier (LNA) impedance to perform the calculation. Based on the previously simulated Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) embedded element pattern and S-parameters, we calculated the radiation efficiency of the MWA to be no less than 94% whereby the lowest efficiency occurs at approximately 242 MHz. 2019 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76900 10.1109/APUSNCURSINRSM.2019.8888935 restricted
spellingShingle Ung, Daniel
Sutinjo, Adrian
Davidson, David Bruce
Johnston-Hollitt, Melanie
Tingay, Steven
Radiation Efficiency Calculation of the Murchison Widefield Array Using a Power Wave Based Framework
title Radiation Efficiency Calculation of the Murchison Widefield Array Using a Power Wave Based Framework
title_full Radiation Efficiency Calculation of the Murchison Widefield Array Using a Power Wave Based Framework
title_fullStr Radiation Efficiency Calculation of the Murchison Widefield Array Using a Power Wave Based Framework
title_full_unstemmed Radiation Efficiency Calculation of the Murchison Widefield Array Using a Power Wave Based Framework
title_short Radiation Efficiency Calculation of the Murchison Widefield Array Using a Power Wave Based Framework
title_sort radiation efficiency calculation of the murchison widefield array using a power wave based framework
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76900