• DocumentCode
    245081
  • Title

    Polarization performance of the SKA Low Frequency Aperture Array station

  • Author

    Fiorelli, B. ; de Lera Acedo, E.

  • Author_Institution
    ASTRON (Netherlands Inst. for Radio Astron.), Dwingeloo, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    3-8 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    726
  • Lastpage
    729
  • Abstract
    The paper presents a study of the polarization performances of the 256-antennas irregular array that constitutes the unit station of the Low Frequency Aperture Array design of SKA (Square Kilometre Array). Polarization degradation due to possible misalignment error, soil flatness and antenna cables positioning are analysed along with the effect of ground plane sizing.
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; radiotelescopes; 256-antennas irregular array; SKA low frequency aperture array design; SKA low frequency aperture array station; Square Kilometre Array; antenna cables; ground plane sizing effect; polarization degradation; soil flatness; Antenna arrays; Aperture antennas; Arrays; Degradation; Soil;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2014 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Palm Beach
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-7325-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEAA.2014.6903952
  • Filename
    6903952