Octave Bandwidth Photonic True Time Delay Beamformer for SKA Demonstrator  
   

Design

Motivation
  • Demonstrating a photonic beamformer with low cost, off the shelf components
  • Enhance the scan angle of existing testbed, while keeping the beam in the same direction for all frequencies (no beam squint)
 
Requirements
  • 2 bit, 4 channel, true time delay beamformer
  • 2 - 4 GHz bandwidth

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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