The Digital Signal Processing Platform for the Low Frequency Aperture Array: Preliminary Results on the Data Acquisition Unit

2017 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. 1641014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Naldi ◽  
Andrea Mattana ◽  
Sandro Pastore ◽  
Monica Alderighi ◽  
Kristian Zarb Adami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Signal Processing ◽  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Digital Signal ◽  
Hardware Platform ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Aperture Array ◽  
Data Acquisition Unit ◽  
Processing Platform

A signal processing hardware platform has been developed for the Low Frequency Aperture Array component of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The processing board, called an Analog Digital Unit (ADU), is able to acquire and digitize broadband (up to 500[Formula: see text]MHz bandwidth) radio-frequency streams from 16 dual polarized antennas, channel the data streams and then combine them flexibly as part of a larger beamforming system. It is envisaged that there will be more than 8000 of these signal processing platforms in the first phase of the SKA, so particular attention has been devoted to ensure the design is low-cost and low-power. This paper describes the main features of the data acquisition unit of such a platform and presents preliminary results characterizing its performance.

scholarly journals The Signal Processing Firmware for the Low Frequency Aperture Array

2017 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. 1641015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianni Comoretto ◽  
Riccardo Chiello ◽  
Matt Roberts ◽  
Rob Halsall ◽  
Kristian Zarb Adami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Signal Processing ◽  
Instrumental Response ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Sampled Data ◽  
Continuous Processing ◽  
Dual Polarization ◽  
Board Processes ◽  
Aperture Array ◽  
Spectral Channels

The signal processing firmware that has been developed for the Low Frequency Aperture Array component of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is described. The firmware is implemented on a dual FPGA board, that is capable of processing the streams from 16 dual polarization antennas. Data processing includes channelization of the sampled data for each antenna, correction for instrumental response and for geometric delays and formation of one or more beams by combining the aligned streams. The channelizer uses an oversampling polyphase filterbank architecture, allowing a frequency continuous processing of the input signal without discontinuities between spectral channels. Each board processes the streams from 16 antennas, as part of larger beamforming system, linked by standard Ethernet interconnections. These are envisaged to be 8192 of these signal processing platforms in the first phase of the SKA so particular attention has been devoted to ensure the design is low cost and low power.

scholarly journals Review on the Millimeter-Wave Generation Techniques Based on Photon Assisted for the RoF Network System

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Jiangnan Xiao ◽  
Chuang Zhao ◽  
Xingxing Feng ◽  
Xu Dong ◽  
Jiangli Zuo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Digital Signal ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Wave Generation ◽  
Communication Link ◽  
Network System ◽  
High Frequency Microwave

With the development trend of wireless and broadband in the communication link and even the whole information industry, the demand of high-frequency microwave bandwidth has been increasing. The RoF network system solves the problem of spectrum congestion in low-frequency band by providing an effective technology for the distribution of high-frequency microwave signals over optical fiber links. However, the traditional mm-wave generation technique is limited by the bandwidth of electronic devices. It is difficult to generate high-frequency and low-phase noise mm-wave signals with pure electrical components. The mm-wave communication technology based on photon assisted can overcome the bandwidth bottleneck of electronic devices and provide the potential for developing the low-cost infrastructure demand of broadband mobile services. This paper will briefly explain the characteristics of the RoF network system and the advantages of high-frequency mm-wave. Then we, respectively, introduce the modulation schemes of RoF mm-wave generation based on photon assisted including directly modulated laser (DML), external modulation, and optical heterodyne. The review mainly focuses on a variety of different mm-wave generation technologies including multifrequency vector mm-wave. Furthermore, we list several approaches to realize the large capacity data transmission techniques and describe the digital signal processing (DSP) algorithm flow in the receiver. In the end, we summarize the RoF network system and look forward to the future.

PC104 Interface Recommended for High Speed Data Acquisition Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 325-326 ◽  
pp. 926-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorina Purcaru ◽  
Cornelia Gordan ◽  
Romulus Reiz ◽  
Anca Purcaru
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Sampling Rate ◽  
Digital Signal ◽  
Signal Acquisition ◽  
Synchronized Sampling ◽  
Data Acquisition Systems ◽  
High Speed Data Acquisition ◽  
High Speed Data

The interface presented in this paper is recommended for high speed data acquisition systems; it performs a synchronized sampling of all common-mode or differential analog inputs with a high sampling rate. This is a low cost interface, entirely controlled by the PC104 CPU. Programmable electronic modules that contain such PC104 interfaces can be found running in the energetic system from Romania; these dedicated equipments perform the analog and digital signal acquisition for monitoring and recording different specific transient events. Some experimental results obtained using the disturbance monitoring device PC-08/104 are also presented in this paper.

scholarly journals Digital signal processsing functions for ultra-low frequency calibrations

ACTA IMEKO ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 374
Author(s):  
Henrik Ingerslev ◽  
Soren Andresen ◽  
Jacob Holm Winther
Keyword(s):  
Signal Processing ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Digital Signal ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Key Comparison ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Dual Channel ◽  
Ultra Low Noise ◽  
Lower Noise ◽  
Better Than

The demand from industry to produce accurate acceleration measurements down to ever lower frequencies and with ever lower noise is increasing. Different vibration transducers are used today for many different purposes within this area, like detection and warning for earthquakes, detection of nuclear testing, and monitoring of the environment. Accelerometers for such purposes must be calibrated in order to yield trustworthy results and provide traceability to the SI-system accordingly. For these calibrations to be feasible, suitable ultra low-noise accelerometers and/or signal processing functions are needed. <br />Here we present two digital signal processing (DSP) functions designed to measure ultra low-noise acceleration in calibration systems. The DSP functions use dual channel signal analysis on signals from two accelerometers measuring the same stimuli and use the coherence between the two signals to reduce noise. Simulations show that the two DSP functions are estimating calibration signals better than the standard analysis. <br />The results presented here are intended to be used in key comparison studies of accelerometer calibration systems, and may help extend current general low frequency range from e.g. 100 mHz down to ultra-low frequencies of around 10mHz, possibly using somewhat same instrumentation.

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