Design Talks

The videos below provide overviews of the technical concept and major components of the system. This page is organized into sections corresponding to recent radio science meetings.


URSI North American Science Meeting 2020

THE NGVLA: REFERENCE DESIGN UPDATE Mark McKinnon, Rob Selina, Eric Murphy, NRAO/AUI, United States Presented at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, 10 July 2020. https://2020apsursi.org/TechnicalProgram.asp

NGVLA SCIENCE SYNERGIES IN THE 2030'S Eric Murphy, Robert Selina, Mark McKinnon, NRAO, United States Presented at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, 10 July 2020. https://2020apsursi.org/TechnicalProgram.asp

THE NEXT GENERATION VERY LARGE ARRAY 18M ANTENNA DESIGN STUDY Dean Chalmers, Mohammad Islam, Gordon Lacy, Richard Hellyer, National Research Council of Canada, Canada; Matt Fleming, Minex Engineering, United States; Ron Osterried, Matthew Wessel, John Grey, SED Systems, Canada; Mike Matusky, Giovanni Bonomi, Phase USA, United States; Lynn Baker, Independant Consultant, United States Presented at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, 10 July 2020. https://2020apsursi.org/TechnicalProgram.asp

DEVELOPING THE NGVLA 6M RADIO TELESCOPE Gordon Lacy, Mohammad Islam, Dean Chalmers, National Research Council Canada, Canada; Nathan Lowen, Sightline Engineering, Canada Presented at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, 10 July 2020. https://2020apsursi.org/TechnicalProgram.asp

FRONT END CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT FOR A NEXT GENERATION VERY LARGE ARRAY Wes Grammer, Denis Urbain, Silver Sturgis, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, United States Presented at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, 10 July 2020. https://2020apsursi.org/TechnicalProgram.asp

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THREE Q-BAND FEED HORNS FOR RADIO ASTRONOMY APPLICATIONS Sara Salem Hesari, Lewis Knee, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre National Research Council of Canada, Canada Presented at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, 10 July 2020. https://2020apsursi.org/TechnicalProgram.asp

DEVELOPMENT OF ORTHOMODE TRANSDUCERS (OMTS) FOR NGVLA HIGH-FREQUENCY BANDS Alvaro Gonzalez, Keiko Kaneko, Ryo Sakai, Takafumi Kojima, Yoshinori Uzawa, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan Presented at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, 10 July 2020. https://2020apsursi.org/TechnicalProgram.asp

INTEGRATED WARM ELECTRONICS FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION VERY LARGE ARRAY Matthew Morgan, Stephen Wunduke, Tod Boyd, Jake Wegman, Jason Castro, Omar Yeste-Ojeda, Nolan Denman, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, United States Presented at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, 10 July 2020. https://2020apsursi.org/TechnicalProgram.asp

STUDY OF A WIDE-AREA COHERENT/SYNCHRONOUS SYSTEM FOR NEXT GENERATION VERY LARGE ARRAY Hitoshi Kiuchi, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan Presented at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, 10 July 2020. https://2020apsursi.org/TechnicalProgram.asp

"INCOHERENT CLOCKING" AS A CLOCK AND TIMING SOLUTION FOR THE NGVLA? Brent Carlson, National Research Council of Canada, Canada; Bill Shillue, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, United States Presented at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, 10 July 2020. https://2020apsursi.org/TechnicalProgram.asp

TRIDENT FREQUENCY SLICE ARCHITECTURE CORRELATOR/BEAMFORMER REFERENCE DESIGN FOR NGVLA Michael Pleasance, Brent Carlson, Michael P Rupen, National Research Council of Canada, Canada Presented at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, 10 July 2020. https://2020apsursi.org/TechnicalProgram.asp

RFI MITIGATION FOR THE NGVLA : A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS Urvashi Rau, Rob Selina, Alan Erickson, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, United States Presented at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, 10 July 2020. https://2020apsursi.org/TechnicalProgram.asp