• DocumentCode
    2722717
  • Title

    Polarisation performance and calibration of the digital beamforming system for 2-PAD

  • Author

    Armstrong, Richard P. ; Hickish, Jack ; Adami, Kristian Zarb ; Jones, Michael E.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    12-15 Oct. 2010
  • Firstpage
    686
  • Lastpage
    689
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we report on calibration and polarisation performance of the 2PAD digital beamforming system, a pathfinder instrument for large-N, high-frequency phased-array radio instruments, in particular the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope. We review the design of the digital system, and report on instrumental calibration approaches.
  • Keywords
    antenna phased arrays; array signal processing; calibration; radiotelescopes; 2PAD digital beamforming system; SKA radio telescope; high-frequency phased-array radio instruments; instrumental calibration; pathfinder instrument; polarisation performance; square kilometre array radio telescope; Apertures; Array signal processing; Arrays; Calibration; Instruments; Radio astronomy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Phased Array Systems and Technology (ARRAY), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Waltham, MA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5127-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5128-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613292
  • Filename
    5613292