• DocumentCode
    1716091
  • Title

    The MeerKAT array and its digital signal processor

  • Author

    Manley, Jason ; Kapp, Francois

  • Author_Institution
    SKA-South Africa, Pinelands, South Africa
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    462
  • Lastpage
    465
  • Abstract
    The development of the MeerKAT radio telescope´s Digital Back End marks a departure from Radio Astronomy tradition in a number of ways. Design with a focus on key performance requirements, a well defined upgrade path and a firm goal of maximising science output leads to a novel architecture for an instrument of this scale. Flexibility, upgradability and availability for science are the results of this design process.
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; digital signal processing chips; radioastronomy; radiotelescopes; MeerKAT array; digital signal processor; radio astronomy; radio telescope digital back end; Arrays; Feeds; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Instruments; Signal processing; Standards;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cape Town
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0333-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEAA.2012.6328671
  • Filename
    6328671
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1716091