Extending the field of view with phased array techniques: Results of european SKA research

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1531-1542

  Van Ardenne, Arnold ^a   Bregman, Jaap D ^a   Van Cappellen, Wim A ^a   Kant, Gideon W ^a   Bij De Vaate, Jan Geralt ^a  

^a ASTRON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aperture array; Field of view; Focal plane array; Multibeam; Phased array; Phased array feed; Polarization; Radio astronomy

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA LOBES; CALIBRATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; MULTIBEAM ANTENNAS; POLARIZATION; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

APERTURE ARRAYS; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; FIELD OF VIEWS; MULTI BEAM TECHNIQUES; MULTIBEAMS; PHASED ARRAY FEEDS; PHASED ARRAY TECHNIQUES;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 67651098970     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2009.2021594     Document Type: Article

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