J1  Next Generation Very Large Array Design and Development

Wednesday, January 9  08:20-12:00  Room 265

Session Chairs:  Steve Durand, Robert Selina

08:20  J1-1  NGVLA: REFERENCE DESIGN OVERVIEW

Robert J. Selina*

ngVLA, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM


08:40  J1-2  (Invited) ANTENNA ELECTRONICS REFERENCE DESIGN FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION VERY LARGE ARRAY

James M. Jackson*, Robert Selina, Steven Durand

National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM


09:00  J1-3  (Invited) TRIDENT FREQUENCY SLICE ARCHITECTURE CORRELATOR/BEAMFORMER REFERENCE DESIGN FOR NGVLA

Mike Pleasance*, Brent Carlson, Michael Rupen

Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics, National Research Council Canada, Penticton, BC, CANADA


09:20  J1-4  WIDEBAND RECEIVER PROTOTYPE FOR NGVLA: DEVELOPMENT REPORT

Hamdi Mani*1, Sander Weinreb2, Jun Shi2, Ahmed Akgiray3

1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2EE, California Institute Of Technology, Pasadena,CA
3EE, Ozyegin University, Turkey, TURKEY


09:40  J1-5  REFERENCE FRONT END DESIGN FOR A NEXT GENERATION VERY LARGE ARRAY

Wes Grammer, Denis Urbain*, Silver Sturgis

NRAO, Socorro NM


10:20  J1-6  EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION USING VLA DATASETS OF RFI MITIGATION PERFORMANCE OVER LONG NGVLA BASELINES

Michael Lambert1, Urvashi Rao Venkata2, Mitchell C. Burnett1, Brian D. Jeffs*1

1Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2NRAO VLA Operations Center, Socorro, NM


10:40  J1-7  INCOHERENT CLOCKING AND APPLICATION TO THE NGVLA

Brent R. Carlson*, Thushara G. Gunaratne

National Research Council Canada, Penticton, BC, CANADA


11:00  J1-8  A HIGH PERFORMANCE, OFFSET, SHAPED ANTENNA DESIGN FOR THE NEW GENERATION VLA PROJECT

Lynn Baker*

Consultant, Issaquah, WA


11:20  J1-9  (Invited) COMPOSITE 18M ANTENNA REFLECTOR FOR THE NGVLA

Dean R. Chalmers*1, Gordon E. Lacy1, Mohammad Islam1, Richard Hellyer1, Joeleff Fitzsimmons1, Lynn Baker2, Matt C. Fleming3, Matt Wessel4

1National Research Council of Canada - Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics, Penticton, BC, CANADA
2Private Consultant, Issaquah, WA
3Minex Engineering, Antioch, CA
4SED Systems, Saskatoon, SK, CANADA


11:40  J1-10  (Invited) THE LONG BASELINE MAJOR OPTION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION VERY LARGE ARRAY

Thomas J. Maccarone*

Physics & Astronomy, Texas Tech University, LUBBOCK