BJ1  Developments in Array Technology for Radio Astronomy

Friday, January 11  13:20-17:20  Room 265

Session Chairs:  Karl Warnick, John Volakis

13:20  BJ1-1  A HIGH-PERFORMANCE REFLECTOR ANTENNA DESIGN APPROPRIATE FOR HIGH-VOLUME PRODUCTION

Matthew C. Fleming*1, Gordon Lacy2, Lynn Baker3, Peter Byrnes2, German Cortes-Medellin3, David DeBoer1, Joelef Fitzsimmons2, Richard Hellyer2, Gary Hovey2, William Imbriale4, Bruce Veidt2

1University of California, Berkeley, CA
2Herberg Institute for Astrophysics, Canada National Research Council, Penticton, Canada
3Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
4Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA


13:40  BJ1-2  PLANAR REFLECTARRAY ANTENNAS WITH SPHERICAL PHASE DISTRIBUTION FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL BEAM-SCANNING

Payam Nayeri*1, Fan Yang1,2, Atef Z. Elsherbeni1

1Electrical Engineering, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China


14:00  BJ1-3  ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LWA1 ANTENNA ARRAY

Steve Ellingson*1,2

1Bradley Dept. of Electrical & Comp. Eng., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA
2LWA1 Radio Observatory, NM


14:20  BJ1-4  ASKAP ADVANCEMENTS IN BEAMFORMER AND CORRELATOR OPTICAL BACKPLANE TECHNOLOGY

Grant A. Hampson*1, Andrew Brown1, Stephan Neuhold1, John Bunton2, Adam Macleod1, John Tuthill1, Ron Beresford1

1Astronomy and Space Science, CSIRO, Marsfield, NSW, Australia
2Information and Communication Technologies Centre, CSIRO, Marsfield, NSW, Australia


14:40  BJ1-5  RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE FOR SECOND GENERATION ASKAP

Ron Beresford*1, Grant A. Hampson1, Paul Roberts1, Wan Cheng1, Dick Ferris1, John Bunton2, Russell Gough1, Jega Kanapathippillai1, Mark Leach1, Adam Macleod1, Rob Shaw2

1Astronomy and Space Science, CSIRO, Marsfield, NSW, Australia
2Information and Communication Technologies Centre, CSIRO, Marsfield, NSW, Australia


15:20  BJ1-6  NRAO VLBA SYNTHESIZER PROJECT 2013

Steven Durand*, Rob Long, Chip Scott, Walter Brisken, Keith Morris, Jon Romney, Craig Walker

National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM


15:40  BJ1-7  L-BAND ANTENNA ELEMENT DESIGN FOR A CRYOGENIC PHASED ARRAY FEED ON THE GREEN BANK TELESCOPE

Karl F. Warnick*, Taylor Webb, Manoj Adhikari

ECE Dept., Brigham Young University, Provo, UT


16:00  BJ1-8  DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALL-CRYOGENIC PAF CAMERA FOR RADIO ASTRONOMY

German Cortes-Medellin*1, Donald B. Campbell2

1Center for Radio Physics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY


16:20  BJ1-9  ULTRAWIDEBAND SUBSTRATE-LOADED TIGHTLY COUPLED ARRAY WITH INTEGRATED FEED STRUCUTRE

Will Moulder*, Kubilay Sertel, John L. Volakis

Electrical and Computer Engineeering, Electroscience Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH


16:40  BJ1-10  KA-BAND PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA WITH INTEGRATED MEMS PHASE SHIFTERS

Woon-Gi Yeo*, Niru K. Nahar, Kubilay Sertel

Electrical and Computer Engineering/ElectroScience Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus


17:00  BJ1-11  FEEDBACK CALIBRATION OF THE MOFF CORRELATOR

Adam P. Beardsley*

Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA