Octave Bandwidth Photonic True Time Delay Beamformer for SKA Demonstrator  
   

Realisation

Low Cost Components

 
Uncooled DFB Laser for digital applications
  • Bandwidth: 6 GHz
  • Optical output power: 4 dBm
  • Slope Efficiency: 120 uW/mA
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    SiO2 2x2 Switches
  • Insertion loss one switch: 1 dB
  • Isolation one switch: 20 dB
  • Switching time: 5 ms
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    Fibre Delay Lines (1.5 um telecom)
  • Nominal delays: 0.5 and 1.0 ns
  • Insertion loss: 0.8 dB
  • Delay accuracy: 4 ps
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    CATV Photodetector
  • Bandwidth: 4 GHz
  • Efficiency: 0.65 mA.mW
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    HTML version of the poster presented at the SKA Workshop, Jodrell Bank Observatory,
    3-5 August 2000
     


     
     
    Title
    Design
        (dis)advantages
        Existing antenna
        demonstator
    Realisation
        Components
        Architecture
    Measurements
        Antenna Patterns
        RF characteristics
    Conclusions
         Future Work
        Acknowledgements