Title :
New technique of testing and calibration of the UTR-2 radio telescope
Author :
Ulyanov, O.M. ; Sidorchuk, M.A. ; Zakharenko, V.V. ; Yerin, S.N. ; Bubnov, I.N. ; Skoryk, A.A. ; Shevtsova, A.I. ; Plakhov, M.S. ; Mukha, D.V. ; Rudavin, E.R.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radio Astron., Ukraine
Abstract :
The purpose of the work is to develop testing and calibration technique of large phased antenna arrays using reference noise generator as a standard signal source. This technique is developed for calibration of the phased antenna array of the unique decameter wave radio telescope UTR-2, but they could be easy adapted for similar large arrays with analog and digital beam forming.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; antenna testing; array signal processing; calibration; noise generators; radiotelescopes; UTR-2 unique decameter wave radiotelescope calibration; digital beam forming; phased antenna array testing technique; reference noise generator; Calibration; Noise; Phase shifters; Phased arrays; Radio astronomy; Testing; array; calibration; efficiency; phase center; self noise;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Theory and Techniques (ICATT), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kharkiv
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8556-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICATT.2015.7136783
