Title :
A high speed 2-bit correlator chip for radio astronomy
Author_Institution :
Netherlands Found. for Res. in Astron., Dwingeloo, Netherlands
fDate :
6/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The design and performance of a 16-channel 2×2-b CMOS correlator chip with 22-b on-chip integration, operating at a typical clockrate of 64 MHz, is presented. The chip, developed by the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (NFRA), is used for the construction of large wideband correlation spectrometers. A 1024-channel module is described as an application example
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; correlators; digital signal processing chips; radioastronomical techniques; radiofrequency spectrometers; spectrometer components and accessories; 64 MHz; CMOS; NFRA; high speed 2-bit correlator chip; radio astronomy; wideband correlation spectrometers; Autocorrelation; Clocks; Correlators; Costs; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fourier transforms; Nonlinear distortion; Quantization; Radio astronomy; Spectroscopy;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
