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IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting

July 23–28, 2023 • Portland, Oregon, USA

23-28 July 2023 • Portland, Oregon, USA

IEEE AP-S/URSI 2023

23-28 July 2023 • Portland, Oregon, USA

WE-SP.2A: Characterization and Deployment of Passive Sensor Arrays for Astronomy and Other Applications
Wed, 26 Jul, 08:00 - 11:40 PDT (UTC -8)
Location: Oregon Ballroom 202 (OCC)
Session Co-Chairs: Karl Warnick, Brigham Young University and Amit Vishwas, Cornell University and Alex Dunning, CSIRO and Dirk I. L. de Villiers, Stellenbosch University
Track: Special Sessions
Wed, 26 Jul, 08:00 - 08:20 PDT (UTC -8)

WE-SP.2A.1: Assembling the Cryogenic Front-end for the ALPACA Phased Array Feed
Amit Vishwas, George Gull, Stephen Parshley, German Cortes-Medellin, Donald Campbell, Terry Herter, Cornell University, United States; Christopher Groppi, Arizona State University, United States; Mitchell Burnett, Karl Warnick, Brian Jeffs, Brigham Young University, United States
Wed, 26 Jul, 08:20 - 08:40 PDT (UTC -8)

WE-SP.2A.2: A wideband cryogenic phased array receiver for radio astronomy
Alex Dunning, Steve Barker, Nick Carter, Paul Roberts, Aaron Chippendale, Yoon Chung, Xinping Deng, Paul Doherty, Douglas Hayman, Daniel George, Kanapathippillai Jeganathan, Natasha Maimbo, Peter Roush, Sean Severs, Robert Shaw, Stephanie Smith, Jason Van Aardt, CSIRO, Australia
Wed, 26 Jul, 08:40 - 09:00 PDT (UTC -8)

WE-SP.2A.3: Towards Accelerating the Feed Design of a Series of Different Reflector Antennas
Tim Stek, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands; Dirk I. L. de Villiers, Stellenbosch University, South Africa; Elmine Meyer, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands; David S. Prinsloo, The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Netherlands
Wed, 26 Jul, 09:00 - 09:20 PDT (UTC -8)

WE-SP.2A.4: Wideband Feed and Reflector Ground Shield for the Deep Synoptic Array (DSA-2000)
Jonas Flygare, David Woody, California Institute of Technology, United States
Wed, 26 Jul, 09:20 - 09:40 PDT (UTC -8)

WE-SP.2A.5: Performance Estimates of the 18-meter ngVLA Reflector System with Main Reflector Rim Extension
Dirk De Villiers, Stellenbosch University, South Africa; Robert Lehmensiek, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, United States
Coffee Break
Wed, 26 Jul, 10:00 - 10:20 PDT (UTC -8)

WE-SP.2A.6: Design Considerations for Focal-Plane Array Antennas for 6G Millimeter-Wave Backhaul Links
Viktor Chernikov, Artem Vilenskiy, Marianna Ivashina, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Wed, 26 Jul, 10:20 - 10:40 PDT (UTC -8)

WE-SP.2A.7: Array Mutual Impedances Can Be Determined From Antenna Range Pattern Measurements
Karl Warnick, David Buck, Brigham Young University, United States; Rob Maaskant, Chalmers University, Sweden; David Kelley, Bucknell University, United States; David Davidson, Curtin University, Australia
Wed, 26 Jul, 10:40 - 11:00 PDT (UTC -8)

WE-SP.2A.8: MoM modeling of thin wires with finite conductivity for radio astronomy applications
David Davidson, Curtin University, Australia; Karl Warnick, Brigham Young University, United States
Wed, 26 Jul, 11:00 - 11:20 PDT (UTC -8)

WE-SP.2A.9: Investigating Adverse Low-frequency Effects of Log-periodic Dipole Antenna Resonant Radiation
Georgios Kyriakou, Pietro Bolli, National Institute of Astrophysics, Italy
Wed, 26 Jul, 11:20 - 11:40 PDT (UTC -8)

WE-SP.2A.10: Array Element Model with Improved Accuracy for LOFAR Radiotelescope
Peter Petkov, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria; Neda Emami, Fluidcodes LLC, United Arab Emirates