Title :
Numerical and experimental studies of a dual-polarized planar connected-array antenna for the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder
Author :
Hay, Stuart ; Cooray, Francis ; O´Sullivan, John ; Huang, Neng-Tien ; Mittra, Raj
Author_Institution :
ICT Centre, CSIRO, Epping, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Good agreement with measured radiation patterns of the connected-array antenna have been obtained by use of GEMS, MWS and an efficient CBFM approach that we have developed. The results give confidence in this component of the FPA system-modeling capability.
Keywords :
focal planes; planar antenna arrays; radioastronomical techniques; radiotelescopes; Australian square kilometer array pathfinder; CBFM; FPA; dual polarized planar connected array antenna; finite difference time domain analysis; frequency 0.7 GHz to 1.8 GHz; method of moments; radio astronomy; Antenna arrays; Australia; Circuit testing; Connectors; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic modeling; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Low-noise amplifiers; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Charleston, SC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3647-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2009.5171748
