SKA PEP - Dish Array WP5

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SKA PEP - Dish Array WP5

• Phase 1 Dishes with Single Pixel Feed Systems
• Antenna, feed and receiver systems development
  and evaluation.
• Antenna systems integration, support and
  procurement plans.
• Prototype systems ready to build SKA1 with
  upgrade path to SKA2.
• Antenna
• Octave Band Single Pixel Feeds
• Receiver and digitiser systems

• Advanced Instrumentation Program (AIP)
• Phased Array Feed system development and
  evaluation.
• Phased Array Feed, receiver and digitiser
• Beamformer and filterbank
• Wide Band Single Pixel Feed and receiver systems.

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Dish Array WP5 CSIRO Proposal

• CSIRO to manage WP5 with Australian industry
  consortium and international partners.
• CSIRO - Phase 1 Dishes with Single Pixel Feed
  Systems
• Dish Array evaluation (DVA) - Existing radio
  astronomy arrays (ATCA, ASKAP)
• Partnered development of dishes (ASKAP)
• Single pixel feed and receiver development
  (Parkes, ATCA, CSIRO ICTC)
• Cryogenic receiver systems development (Parkes,
  ATCA)
• Wideband digitisation and digital signal
  processing (CABB)

• CSIRO - Advanced Instrumentation Program (AIP)
• Phased Array Feed (PAFSKA), LNA and System On
  Chip (SOC) development
• PAF system development (2 phases) tested
  (ASKAP, ADE)
• FPGA based Digital Signal Processing for PAF
  systems