Hemispheric Imaging of Galactic Neutral Hydrogen with a Phased Array Antenna System

The thousand element array (THEA) system is a phased array system consisting of 1 m² tiles having 64 Vivaldi elements each, arranged on a regular 8-by-8 grid, which has been developed as a demonstrator of technology and applicability for SKA. In this paper we present imaging results of Galactic neutral hydrogen with THEA. Measurements have been taken using a dense 2-by-2 array of four tiles as a four tile adder. The results are compared with results from the Leiden-Dwingeloo Survey, showing qualitative agreement, but also indicating that further studies are needed on the instrumental characteristics.     

Ska and Evla Computing Costs for Wide Field Imaging

I investigate the problem of high dynamic range continuum synthesis imaging in the presence of confusing sources, using scaling arguments and simulations. I derive a quantified cost equation for the computer hardware needed to support such observations for the EVLA and the SKA. This cost has two main components – from the data volume, scaling as D⁻⁶ (where D is the antenna diameter), and from the non-coplanar baselines effect, scaling as D⁻², for a total scaling of D⁻⁸. A factor of two in antenna diameter thus corresponds to 12 years of Moore’s law (18 month doubling time) cost reduction in computing hardware. For a SKA built with 12.5 m antennas observing with 1 arcsecond at 1.4 GHz, I find the computing load to be about 150 Petaflops (costing about $500 million in 2015). For 25 m antennas, the load is about 256 times lower, costing $2 million in 2015. This new cost equation differs from that of Perley and Clark (2003), which has scaling as D⁻⁶. This is because I find that the excellent Fourier plane coverage of the small antenna design does not significantly change the convergence rate of the Clean algorithm, which is already satisfactory in this regime.The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is operated by Associated Universities, Inc., under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.     

Low Frequency End Performance of a Symmetrical Configuration Antenna for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)

The frequency specifications of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) call for an optimum operation of the antenna elements from 25 down to 100 MHz. The current 12 m diameter US-SKA design is specified from 500 up to 25 GHz, with an upper goal of 35 GHz. At the low frequency end of the band (i.e., 100 MHz), a 12 m reflector antenna is about four wavelengths in diameter. Then, the question is: how well can you do, at this low frequency end of the specified band of operation for the SKA, with a symmetric reflector configuration using an ultra-wide-band prime focus feed? This paper presents the analysis of the antenna performance, in terms of A _eff/T _A, of three symmetric configurations of the 12 m US-SKA antenna design between 100 and 200 MHz.     

Development of a Front End Array for Broadband Phased Array Receiver

The receiver is a signal receiving device placed at the focus of the telescope. In order to improve the observation efficiency, the concept of phased array receiver has been proposed in recent years, which places a small phased array at the focal plane of the reflector, and flexible pattern and beam scanning functions can be achieved through a beamforming network. If combined with the element multiplexing, all beams within the entire field of view can be observed simultaneously to achieve contin...     

Investigation of LO-Coupled Noise for a Sideband Separation Superconducting SIS Receiver

The Superconducting Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor (SIS) receivers have become the preferred method for (sub)millimeter-wave radio astronomical observations due to the extremely low receiver noise temperature. The coupling noise of the local oscillator (LO) system is also a part of the receiver noise. In many years of astronomical observations, it is found that the LO-coupled noise cannot be completely ignored, which has a certain impact on the sensitivity of astronomical observations. The noise temperature of the superconducting SIS receiver was tested using two different kinds of signal generators as the primary signal source of the LO system. It is found that the base noise output by the signal generator can be coupled into the receiver to increase the receiver noise. By adding a narrow band filter to the output of the signal generator, the base noise of the signal generator can be filtered out, and this part noise of the receiver can be eliminated, the overall noise of the receiver is reduced, and the sensitivity of the telescope is improved.     

制冷接收机低温杜瓦温度监测系统的研制

从设计、制作和测试方法方面介绍了一种制冷接收机低温杜瓦温度监测系统.主要阐述了低温杜瓦对温度监测系统的要求,根据要求合理设计,涉及到各种器件参数的选择以及布局制板等问题,为高精度温度采集系统的硬件设计提供了理论依据.设计采用多路模拟输入通道即集中采集方式,根据系统的需要划分不同的功能区块进行电路设计.制作完成的温度监测系统先后经调试校准、实验室模拟测试以及安装在乌鲁木齐25m射电望远镜18cm制冷双极化接收机上测试,各项设计功能都能很好地实现,并且运行可靠.     

特定电磁环境下“北斗一号”系统与GPS组合接收机天线的设计与评估

针对“北斗一号”（“BD-1”）系统与GPS系统组合接收机在特定电磁环境下的需求,设计了一种组合接收机天线。该组合天线融合了四臂螺旋天线（FHA）与GPS微带天线的特点,并考虑了天线的空间结构。设计的组合天线具有良好的电磁兼容性,仿真结果表明该天线对于接收“北斗”和GPS信号都具有较好的圆极化轴比和增益方向图。研制的组合天线在微波暗室测试中和实际使用中都取得了较好结果。     

多通道单频GPS时间传递接收机NTSCGPS-1的性能分析

简要介绍了国家授时中心(NTSC)为我国综合原子时(JATC)项目研制的多通道单频GPS时间传递接收机NTSCGPS-1，并利用观测数据分析NTSCGPS-1的各项性能。分析结果表明，NTSCGPS-1的系统稳定性好，观测精度较高，并具有较好的兼容性，可用于JATC的复建工作。     

嵌入式GPS/DR车载组合导航系统EKF算法软件设计

介绍一种嵌入式GPS／DR（全球定位系统／航位推算）车载组合导航（它通过GPS与DR的优势互补,提高了车辆导航系统定位数据的可靠性）的EKF（扩展卡尔曼滤波）算法软件设计方法。采用统计学原理剔除导航数据的粗差点,用扩展卡尔曼滤波进行导航参数的实时求解,采用EKF算法的GPS／DR组合导航系统有利于导航信息的稳定性、可靠性和实时性。     

基于分布式控制的天线闭环控制系统设计和实现

给出了天线阵列系统中单天线闭环控制系统的模型,对于同步跟踪某种信号源进行射电天文观测的天线阵列系统而言,具有通用性、可配置性和良好的可扩展性.