Octave Bandwidth Photonic True Time Delay Beamformer for SKA Demonstrator  
   

Future Work

  • Enhancing the efficiency of the RF-to-optical interfaces
  • Replacement of 4:1 coupler by a phasar (no inherent 6dB loss)
  • Introduction of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers to compensate the optical loss
  • Enabling multiple beam capabilities
 

Acknowledgement


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