The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) antenna

IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 351-358

  Schaubert, D H ^a   Van Ardenne, A ^b   Craeye, C ^c   Boryssenko, A O ^a   Bij De Vaate, J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SLOT ANTENNAS;

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; DESIGN INFORMATION; DIGITAL BEAM FORMING; INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGES; POLARIMETRIC INFORMATIONS; RADIATING APERTURE; SQUARE KILOMETER ARRAYS; TA-PERED-SLOT ANTENNAS;

BEAM FORMING NETWORKS;

EID: 84946416589     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PAST.2003.1257007     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. Information about the international Square Kilometer Array project is available at http://www.skatelescope.org.
2. Additional information about the approach described here is available at http://www.astron.nl/ska/mainska.html.
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8. M. Arts, " S-parameter measurements of the THEA Vivaldi array," ASTRON Report SKA - 00460, 14 January 2002.
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