The UAV-based test source as an end-to-end verification tool for aperture arrays

Paonessa, F.F.PaonessaVirone, G.G.VironeBOLLI, PietroPietroBOLLIPUPILLO, GiuseppeGiuseppePUPILLOMONARI, JADERJADERMONARIPERINI, FEDERICOFEDERICOPERINIMATTANA, AndreaAndreaMATTANANALDI, GiovanniGiovanniNALDIPOLONI, MARCOMARCOPOLONISCHIAFFINO, MARCOMARCOSCHIAFFINOLingua, A. M.A. M.LinguaPiras, M.M.PirasDabove, P.P.DaboveAicardi, I.I.AicardiAddamo, G.G.AddamoPeverini, O. A.O. A.PeveriniOrta, R.R.OrtaTascone, R.R.Tascone2020-06-102020-06-102016978-1-4673-9811-4http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/25997A UAV-mounted radio-frequency transmitter is proposed as a known reference field source to perform a set of functional tests on aperture arrays. The experimental results obtained on complete prototypes (end-to-end) and sub-assemblies provide good confidence on both amplitude and timing verification.ELETTRONICOenThe UAV-based test source as an end-to-end verification tool for aperture arraysConference paper10.1109/ICEAA.2016.77315442-s2.0-85007402867https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7731544FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICAERC sectors::Physical Sciences and Engineering::PE9 Universe sciences: astro-physics/chemistry/biology; solar systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, planetary systems, cosmology, space science, instrumentation::PE9_17 Instrumentation – telescopes, detectors and techniques