Calibration of gain and phase for a phased array system installed on a radio telescope

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part I: Communications (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 28-38

  Asai, Kikuo ^a   Kojima, Masayoshi ^b   Ishida, Yoshio ^b   Maruyama, Kazuo ^b   Yoshimi, Naohiko ^b   Misawa, Hiroaki ^c   Miyasato, Kazuhide ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MULTIMEDIA EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN RADIO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calibration of gain and phase; Loop method; Phased array; Radio astronomy; Rotating electricfield vector method

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA REFLECTORS; CALIBRATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CYLINDRICAL ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC LINES; GAIN MEASUREMENT; PARABOLIC ANTENNAS; PHASE MEASUREMENT; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADIO TELESCOPES; VECTORS;

LOOP METHOD; ROTATING ELECTRIC FIELD VECTOR (REV) METHOD;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0031208525     PISSN: 87566621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6424(199708)80:8<28::AID-ECJA4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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