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S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 EVLA FEEDS DESIGN S. Srikanth NRAO/Charlottesville.

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1 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 EVLA FEEDS DESIGN S. Srikanth NRAO/Charlottesville

2 VLA Cassegrain Geometry Drawing

3 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Current Receiver Bands

4 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 VLA Vertex Feed Cone

5 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 EVLA Receiver Bands

6 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Selection of Bands Minimize number of receivers Use existing technology Performance at the band edges - feeds, polarizers, amplifiers etc.

7 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Selection of Feed Type and Parameters Nominal taper of -13 dB at 9.25 degrees Compact horns where space is limited Ring-loaded slots (except for Q-band) Number of corrugations/wavelength - 3.8

8 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Conventional Corrugations

9 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Ring-Loaded Corrugations

10 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 VSWR – Conventional and Ring-Loaded

11 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002

12 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002

13 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002

14 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002

15 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002

16 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002

17 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Linear Taper Horn 75" OD – 1.0 GHz

18 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Linear Taper Horn 75" OD – 1.4 GHz

19 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002

20 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison of 75" OD and 62" OD Feeds

21 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Compact Horn – 75" OD 1.0 GHz

22 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Compact Horn – 62" OD 1.0 GHz

23 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Compact Horn – 75" OD 1.4 GHz

24 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Compact Horn – 62" OD 1.4 GHz

25 VLA Cassegrain Geometry Drawing

26 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY

27 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY  =  /  max  =  /sin  max 6. Grids on the reflector surface

28 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison of Subreflector Patterns at 1.5 GHz (  = 0°) JPL Software NRAO Software

29 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison of Subreflector Patterns at 1.5 GHz (  = 90°) JPL SoftwareNRAO Software

30 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison of Main Reflector Patterns at 1.465 GHz Measured NRAO Software - 4 -2 0 2 4

31 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Subreflector Scatter Pattern – 1.4 GHz Compact Horn - 75" OD Symmetric Plane

32 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Subreflector Scatter Pattern – 1.4 GHz Compact Horn - 62" OD Symmetric Plane

33 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Subreflector Scatter Pattern – 1.4 GHz Compact Horn - 75" OD Asymmetric Plane

34 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Subreflector Scatter Pattern – 1.4 GHz Compact Horn - 62" OD Asymmetric Plane

35 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Subreflector Scatter Pattern – 1.4 GHz Compact Horn - 62" OD Symmetric Plane

36 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Subreflector Scatter Pattern – 1.4 GHz Compact Horn - 62" OD Asymmetric Plane

37 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Main Reflector Pattern – 1.4 GHz Compact Horn - 75" OD

38 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Main Reflector Pattern – 1.4 GHz Compact Horn - 62" OD

39 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison of 75" OD and 62" OD Feeds

40 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Compact Horn –75" OD

41 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Compact Horn – 62" OD

42 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison of 75" OD and 62" OD Feeds

43 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison of 75" OD and 62" OD Feeds

44 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison of 75" OD and 62" OD Feeds

45 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 The hybrid lens feed

46 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Measured Pattern – Current Feed

47 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Corrected Pattern – Current Feed

48 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Measured Pattern – Current Feed

49 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Corrected Pattern – Current Feed

50 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison: New Design & Current Feed L-Band

51 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison: New Design & Current Feed L-Band

52 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison: New Design & Current Feed L-Band

53 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison: New Design & Current Feed L-Band

54 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison: New Design & Current Feed L-Band

55 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison: New Design & Current Feed L-Band

56 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Comparison: New Design & Current Feed L-Band

57 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Subreflector Scatter Pattern – 3.0 GHz -11 dB Taper

58 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Subreflector Scatter Pattern – 3.0 GHz -18 dB Taper

59 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Gain/T sys Analysis

60 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Gain/T sys Analysis

61 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Gain/T sys Analysis

62 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 EVLA – Predicted Performance

63 S. SrikanthEVLA Feed/FE PDR February 12-13, 2002 Future Work


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