22 May 2008 Jim Cordes US SKA Consortium Meeting Jim Cordes US SKA Consortium Meeting Washington, DC Washington, DC 1 Technology Development Project Presentation • TDP Overview Jim Cordes » Programmatics » International connections • Project Manager’s Report Lynn Baker » Organization & Activities • Antennas, Feeds and Receivers (AWG) » Jack Welch » Matt Fleming » German Cortes » Sandy Weinreb • Calibration and Processing (CPG) » Athol Kemball
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22 May 2008 Jim Cordes US SKA Consortium Meeting Washington,Jim Cordes US SKA Consortium Meeting Washington, DC DC
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Technology Development Project Presentation• TDP Overview Jim Cordes
22 May 2008 Jim Cordes US SKA Consortium Meeting Washington,Jim Cordes US SKA Consortium Meeting Washington, DC DC
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Technology Development Project• NSF-funded 2007-2011 for $12M
» Includes US contribution to the SPDO
• Complementary to and integrated with PrepSKA» EC-funded project 3+1 years, ~ same time frame as TDP
• Targets areas that bear strongly on cost and basic performance (Ae, Tsys, B, cross polarization, processing)
• Will deliver to the SKA project:» Technology options for LNSD array with broadband single-pixel
feeds» Costing of reflectors+mounts vs. D and fmax
» Optical designs that include both SP + PAF options (decision tree)» An SKA-optimized antenna, outfitted with feeds/receivers» Calibration and processing technology for LNSD arrays» Cost-modeling information for project decisions
22 May 2008 Jim Cordes US SKA Consortium Meeting Washington,Jim Cordes US SKA Consortium Meeting Washington, DC DC