A Digital Single-Dish Backend for the New Triple-Band Receiver at the Metsähovi Radio Observatory




Dixit, Bela; Wiik, Kaj; Hovatta, Talvikki

PublisherInternational Union of Radio Science (URSI)

2024

 Ursi Radio Science Letters

6

1024-4530

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.46620/24-0027

https://doi.org/10.46620/24-0027



Aalto University’s Metsähovi Radio Observatory is upgrading its 14 m radio telescope with a state-of-the-art triple-band receiver designed and built by the Max Planck Institut f€ur Radioastronomie. This receiver enables simultaneous dual-polarization observations across K (18 GHz to 26 GHz), Q (34 GHz to 50 GHz), W1 (80 GHz to 96 GHz), and W2 (100 GHz to 116 GHz) bands, significantly enhancing sensitivity and bandwidth for single-dish astronomical studies. To complement this upgrade, we developed a cutting-edge digital backend using Radio Frequency System-on-Chip boards to digitize and process the receiver’s signals. This article presents the initial development steps, including prototype implementation and simulation results.



This project was supported by the Research Council of Finland project 322535.


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