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Title: BASEBAND AND DIGITAL RECEIVER SYSTEMS OF THE GMRT


1
BASEBAND AND DIGITAL RECEIVER SYSTEMS OF THE
GMRT
  • B. Ajith Kumar
  • Group Co-ordinator Back-end Systems

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3
Radio Telescope ReceiverAn Introduction
4
A Single Dish Radio Telescope
  • Collects radio waves from the celestial sky over
    an effective aperture area and converts the
    signal to an electrical voltage, in 2 orthogonal
    polarisations.
  • A Highly sensitive Receiver with Low Noise
    Amplifiers provide a total Gain (approx) 100 dB.
  • Power detectors are used to measure the power in
    the amplified signal and it is integrated to
    achieve the desired signal-to-noise ratio.
  • Final sensitivity depends on Collecting Area,
    Bandwidth, Integration Time Receiver Noise
    Temperature.

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A Single Dish Radio Telescope
  • For High Sensitivity Signal-to-Noise Ratio
    Collecting Area HIGH,

  • Bandwidth -
    LARGE,

  • Integration Time-
    LARGE,

  • Receiver Noise -
    LOW.
  • Map of the Source Structure is made by multiple
    pointings over different parts of the source.
  • Celestial Radio signals are VERY weak unit of
    flux used is
  • 1 Jansky 10 26 W / m2 / Hz
  • Input radio power into a typical telescope is
    -100 dBm !
  • (would take 1000 years of continuous
    operation to collect 1 milliJoule of energy !!)

6
Single Dish Array Telescopes
  • Resolution and sensitivity depend on the physical
    size (aperture) of the radio telescope.
  • Due to practical limits, fully steerable single
    dishes of more than 100 m diameter are very
    difficult to build.
  • ? resolution (? / D) 0.5 degree at 1
    metre (very poor compared to optical
    telescopes).
  • To synthesize Telescopes of larger size, many
    individual dishes spread out over a large area on
    the Earth are used.
  • Signals from such array telescopes are combined
    and processed in a particular fashion to generate
    a map of the source structure EARTH ROTATION
    APERTURE SYNTHESIS
  • ? resolution ? / Ds , Ds largest
    separation.

New 100-m Greenbank Telescope
The Very Large Array
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Radio Interferometry Aperture Synthesis
  • Signals from a pair of antennas are
    cross-correlated (cross-spectrum is obtained).
  • This functions like a Youngs double slit,
    measures one Fourier component of the image in
    the U,V Plane.
  • From measurements using different pairs of
    antennas, several Fourier components of
    the image are obtained.
  • Inverse Fourier transform of the combined
    visibilities gives a reconstruction of the
    original image ? aperture synthesis.

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GMRT Receiver - Existing SystemBaseband
Digital Receivers
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Baseband Digital Receivers
  • Generate Intermediate Freq-uency (IF) signals at
    Dish base for transportation to Central
    Electronics Building (CEB) through OF cables.
  • Down convert Bandshape the IF signals at CEB to
    facilitate the digitisation.
  • Processing of signals in digital domain to
    generate Correlator data and record them.
  • Generate and distribute coherent Local Oscillator
    signals for all Frequency Conversions.

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Baseband Digital Receiver Systems
  • Analog IF Receiver circuits at the Antenna site.
  • Baseband Receiver circuits at the Central Station
    (CEB).
  • Local Oscillator circuits Phase locked to a
    Master Ref.
  • Digital Back-ends for Interferometry Pulsar
    Observations.

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Analog Receiver at Antenna
  • The Analog Receiver systems at the antenna
    converts the RF signal in both polarisations to a
    common IF Frequency of 70 MHz.
  • SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) Filters are used at
    70 MHz for Band shaping of the signals.
  • The IF signals are then upconverted to 130 and
    175 MHz for transportation to CEB through Optical
    Fiber.
  • High dynamic range ALC circuits are used before
    the signal is given to OF Transmitter to maintain
    a constant power.

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Analog Receiver at Antenna
  • Choice of three IF bandwidths 6, 16, 32 MHz.
    Bandwidth compensation circuits to provide
    constant power irrespective of selected
    bandwidth.
  • Variable pre-attenuator values in the range 0 to
    30 dB in 2 dB steps.
  • Variable post-attenuator values in range 0 to
    30 dB in 0.5 dB steps.
  • Automatic Level Control (ALC) circuits with
    dynamic range 30 dB and 1.0 sec time constant
    with facility to switch off for specific
    observations.
  • Overall gain of 60 dB (approx) in IF chain with
    linearity upto 5 dBm at output (in ALC off mode).

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IF System Response
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Analog Receiver at Antenna - Main Plug in Units
70 to 130/175 MHz Converter
RF to 70 MHz Converter
Monitor Unit
Control Unit
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Baseband Receiver at CEB
  • Converts IF Frequency signals to two sidebands
    each of 0 to 16 MHz) with high Image Rejection.
  • 8th order Butterworth Filters for Bandshaping of
    the sideband signals.
  • Facility to choose different observaion bands in
    the two IF channels.
  • ALC circuits are used before the signal is given
    to Sampler in the ADC cards to maintain a
    constant power.

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Baseband Receiver at CEB
  • Choice of nine BB bandwidths 65 KHz to 16 Mhz
    in octave steps for each sideband. Bandwidth
    compensation circuits to provide constant power
    (0dBm) irrespective of selected bandwidth.
  • Variable gain amplifier circuits to vary the gain
    in system from 0 to 24 dB in 0.5 dB steps.
  • Automatic Level Control (ALC) circuits with
    dynamic range 8 dB and 1.0 sec time constant with
    facility to switch off for specific observations.
  • Overall gain of 50 dB (approx) in BB chain with
    linearity upto 10 dBm at output (in ALC off
    mode).
  • Local Oscillator for Baseband Conversion
  • DDS based Synthesisers 50 to 90 Mhz, Step 100
    Hz.
  • Spurious lt -60 dBc, Phase Noise , -80 dBc/Hz at 1
    KHz.

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BB System Response
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Baseband Receiver at CEB - Main Plug in Units
IF to BB Converter
BB Filter ALC
BB Control Monitor
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Spectrum at FE, IF, BB, Corr-self Outputs
FE
CORR
BB
IF
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Gain Distribution in Analog System
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Local Oscillator Generation System
  • A 5 MHz Rubidium Frequency Standard at CEB is
    used as the Master Reference.
  • LO Ref circuits at CEB generate the 105 and 200
    MHz reference signals which is sent to antenna.
  • At antenna site LO Synth circuits generate LO
    frequency in 100 to 1500 MHz range from the
    reference signals.
  • Fourth LO circuits at CEB generate the LO for IF
    to BB conversion.

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LO Master Reference System at CEB
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LO Master Features
  • Uses a GPS disciplined Rubidium Standard as the
    Main Time and Frequency Standard.
  • Reference signals generated from the standard are
    send to antenna locations for generating coherent
    LO signals.
  • Generates LO signals for Frequency conversions in
    CEB electronics.

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TM-4 GPS Receiver Features
  • High performance OCXO - 10 MHz
  • Phase Nose lt -124 dBc/Hz (10Hz)
  • Spurious lt -70 dBc,
  • Harmonics lt -50 dBc
  • Short Term Stability lt 1 X 10-11 (1Sec),
  • Long Term Stability lt 1 X 1012 (24Hrs)
  • Accuracy of 1pps 1nS

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Rubidium Standard Features
  • Output 10 MHz, Sinewave
  • Phase Noise -137 dBc/Hz at 10 Hz, Spurious lt
    -130 dBc,
  • Harmonic lt -25 dBc
  • Short Term Stability lt 2 X 10-12 (100S),
  • Long Term Stability lt 5 X 1011 (monthly)

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LO Reference Regeneration at Antenna Site
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LO-Ref Regeneration
  • Transistorised VCXO with Operating Frequency
    of 105 MHz and 200 Mhz in a Phase Locked Loop
    (PLL) configuration with Loop BW 70 Hz.

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LO Synthesiser System at Antenna Site
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LO Synth Features
  • Freq Coverage 100 to 1500 MHz
  • Step Size 1 MHz ( lt 350 M )
  • 5 MHz ( gt 350 M )
  • Power Output 11 dBm /- 3dB
  • Spurious Level lt -60 dBc
  • Harmonic Level lt -20 dBc
  • Phase Noise lt -60 dBc/Hz
  • 10 KHz Offset
  • Phase Jitter 0.1 mS
  • Line Freq Mod lt -20 dBc

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Digital Receiver at CEB
  • The Digital Receiver supports two modes of
    operation
  • The Earth Rotation Aperture Synthesis
    Interferometry
  • The Phased Array Mode Pulsar Observations

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Digital Receiver at CEB
  • The Synthesis Mode
  • Useful for making maps of extended radio sources.
  • Each antenna pair used as an interferometer that
    measures one Fourier component of the radio image
    ? (3029)/2 435 instantaneous Fourier
    components.
  • Rotation of the Earth is used to get more Fourier
    components (UV plane).
  • Array configuration optimized to give maximum,
    uniform coverage in the Fourier domain.
  • Final image obtained by 2-D inverse Fourier
    Transform of recorded data.

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Digital Receiver at CEB
  • Both Back-ends (FX Correlator Pulsar Receiver)
    can operate simultaneously.
  • Common signal processing stages ADC, Delay
    correction, Fringe stopping and FFT.

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Features of the ADC Section
  • Clock Rate 32 Msamples/Sec.
  • No. of bits 8 bits (only 6 msb bits used).
  • Analog Input Voltage /-1 Vpp.
  • Input Power Level 0 dBm.
  • Output Logic Levels ECL Level.
  • ADC chip used AD9058 Flash type ADC

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ADC Circuit
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Delay Section
  • Max Delay of 2.048 mS (in units of 32 ns).
    Dynamic update in 2 Sec.
  • Noise switching Walsh demodulation. RFI
    mitigation in time domain.
  • Conversion of unsigned 6 bits from ADC to 4 bits
    sign magnitude form.
  • Dual clock support to take care of extra overhead
    cycles in the FFT.
  • Narrow bandwidth support for spectral line mode
    of observation, using the decimation technique
    (de-sampling) on the sampled data.
  • Bandwidths supported 125 KHz - 16 MHz of analog
    Baseband signal.
  • Channel multiplexing at the output (as needed
    for the full polar mode).
  • The hardware implemented using two Altera FPGA
    devices per antenna (all 4 channels) on one
    board, and PLDs for bus arbitration logics.

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Delay Section
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FFT Section
  • ASICs are used as basic building block for FFT
    operation, each operates at 32.25 MHz clock
    speed. This is different from 32 MHz sampling
    clock, mainly to accommodate the extra four
    overhead clock cycles consumed by FFT operation.
  • The FFT operation is pipelined and uses Divide
    and Conquer Approach algorithm to compute a 512
    point FFT. Five ASICs per pipeline are used to
    calculate the 512 point FFT operation, with the
    operations split as radix 2, 4, 4, 4 4
    computations.
  • Online Fringe Stopping and Fractional sample time
    correction.
  • Input 4 bits, sign magnitude format.
  • Output 4 bits real, 4 bits imaginary and
    4 bits of common exponent.
  • The Output from two polarisations of same
    sideband is time multiplexed.

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FFT Circuit
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FX Correlator at CEB
  • Computes the Cross Self spectra for each
    antenna in real time using ASIC.
  • Input data rate 1.9 GS/s.
  • Output visibilities integrated 8192 times to a
    time resolution of 128 ms.
  • Supports sub-array mode of GMRT with different
    sources / frequencies for each sub-array.
  • Total compute power 100GCops
  • Uses mostly ASICs some FPGAs.

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Main Features of the MAC Sub-system
  • MAC sub-system Multiplies and Accumulates the
    signals from each pair of antennas.
  • Provides a 30x30 matrix for each of 2 sidebands
    2 polarisations, with 256 spectral channels per
    sideband.
  • Visibilities are output at the rate of once every
    128 ms.
  • Number of spectral channels is
  • 128 in 32 MHz BW, Indian Polar,
  • 128 in 16 MHz BW, Full Polar,
  • 256 in 16 MHz BW, Non-polar.

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The ASIC in MAC mode
  • Each ASIC takes input from 2 FFT cards, 12 bits
    each.
  • The inputs go to registers and they get
    multiplied and then accumulated for the N number
    of FFT cycles.
  • The accumulated data of one cycle is stored in
    the first bank of the ASIC RAM, which is 256 36
    ( of spectral channels Bits in output
    15,15,6). In the next cycle, MAC operation uses
    the second bank of the ASIC RAM.
  • During the four dead cycles, the Data goes to the
    acquisition machine through back plane and DAS
    card.

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MAC Card Layout
  • Each MAC card accepts inputs from 8 FFT cards.
    Four column inputs and Four row inputs.
  • The 16 ASICs compute the basic 4x4 MAC matrix
  • The inputs to each ASIC are in 4,4,4 format the
    output is in 15,15,6 format
  • All ASIC outputs are connected to a common bus
  • Total of input signals/card 8 12 2 (
    of FFT of o/p bits/FFT ECL form of each
    bit) 192
  • Total output signals/sideband 192 11 3 (
    of signals/MAC card of cards/FX rack of
    FX racks/sideband) 6336

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MAC Card
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System Parameters for the GMRT (in
Synthesis Mode)
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Pulsar Receiver at CEB
  • Delay and phase corrected data from the FFT
    outputs is given to the GMRT Array Combiner (GAC)
  • The GAC allows any user selected set of antenna
    signals to be added to get the array output.
  • Simultaneous operation in two modes possible -
  • IA - Incoherent Array (power sum)
  • PA - Phased Array (voltage sum)
  • Simultaneous multi-frequency observations ---
    trade-off BW for different sub-arrays.

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Pulsar Receiver - Features
  • The GMRT Pulsar Receiver provides high time
    resolution, single dish output by suitably
    adding the signals from individual antennas of
    the GMRT.
  • User selectable gains can by applied to the
    signals passing through the GAC, for individual
    spectral channels in each polarisation.
  • The output of the GAC is at the raw rate of 16
    microsec per sample, with 256 spectral channels
    present per 16 MHz bandwidth, per polarization.
  • It uses the ADSP 21020 as the main processing
    unit, along with a mix of PLDs and FPGAs for
    control and computation.
  • Both the modes (Incoherent Array Phased Array)
    are fully operational for both LSB and USB parts
    of the Digital Backends, hence can be used for
    full Bandwidth ( 32 MHz) operation.
  • The entire pulsar receiver can be configured and
    controlled from a GUI that can be run from a
    Linux machine in the Main Control Room.

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Block Schematic of Pulsar Receiver
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IA PA Pulsar Receiver
  • These two back-ends allow the raw data stream
    from the GAC to be integrated in time / frequency
    to achieve a net data rate at which the signals
    can be recorded using PC based data acquisition
    systems.
  • In addition, the PA bin computes the basic self
    and cross terms between the voltage signals of
    the two polarizations, from which the full
    Stokes parameters can be constructed.
  • The highest time resolution achievable is 128
    microsec for the IA mode and 512 microsec for
    the full Stokes PA mode.
  • These back-ends are available only for one
    sideband (16 MHz) BW and are connected to the
    upper sideband (USB).

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Polarimeter
  • Like the IA and PA Receivers, it takes in the raw
    data from the IA and PA outputs of the GAC and
    further processes them in Time/Frequency before
    recording on PC based DAQ systems.
  • Uses Altera FPGA ( FLEX 10k100 ) for the
    computation of four stokes parameters and
    implementation of the signal flow logic for
    different modes of observations like IA PA.
  • The highest time resolution achievable at present
    is 64 microsec for the IA mode and 256 microsec
    for the full Stokes PA mode.
  • Is available for both LSB and USB, Provides full
    polar mode phased array data.

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System parameters for the GMRT (in Array
Mode)
  • Effective Area 30,000 sq. m. for 610
    MHz and below
  • 20,000 sq.
    m. for 900-1400 MHz
  • Maximum Bandwidth 32 MHz
  • Sampling time gt 16 microsec for
    Incoherent Dedispersion
  • lt 1
    microsec for Coherent Dedispersion
  • Polarization All 4 Stokes parameters for
    Coherent Phased Array
  • Total intensity for
    Incoherent Array
  • Sensitivity
  • For single pulse mode (using PA) Sav
    35 mJy
  • For pulsar search mode (using IA) Sav 1
    mJy
  • Freq 325 MHz all 30 dishes added 2 Pol
  • 100 uS sampling 10 minute scans

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System Failure Summary Spares
  • Total No. of Problems in 2007 1777
  • Antenna Base Electronics 4.5
  • Baseband Electronics 1.0
  • LO System 3.5
  • Digital Back-ends 17.5
  • Working Spare Availability 3 set each
  • Average Service Time for Faults lt 1 Hr

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GMRT Baseband Digital ReceiversRecent
Modifications XI Plan Upgrades
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  • Software Back-end
  • 30 to 1 Power Level monitoring System
  • 100 MHz Backend for tests with Broadband signal
  • System Upgrades XI Plan

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Software Back-end
  • Real-time correlation for 30 antennas, 2 pols, 16
    MHz band.
  • 4 bit Raw voltage recording 30 antennas, 2 pols,
    16 MHz band.
  • Modes of Operation
  • Real-time data acquisition writing to disks,
    off-line read-back of recorded data and
    computation
  • Real-time Data Acquisition computation.

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Software Back-end - Operation
  • Run synchronous sampling on 8 ADC boards (32
    antennas) 16/32 MHz BW.
  • Transfer data from ADC board to CPU unit (via
    interrupt driven DMA) in large blocks (32 MB
    block size --gt 8 MB per antenna).
  • For recording mode, synchronous write to disk
    locally at each node.
  • For correlations, distribute data from all
    antennas (using time division multiplexing) to
    all nodes -- each node handles 1/8 time slice
    from each block.
  • Carry out Delay correction, FFT, Fringe stop, MAC
    and other required operations at each node.
  • Record integrated visibilities results to local
    disk on each node, or send them to collector
    nodes.

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Software Back-end Current Implementation
  • Layer 1 ACQ Nodes Dual core, Dual processor
    Intel Xeon CPUs, 1 GB RAM, Dual Gigabit Ethernet
    ports, 8-bit, 4 Channel, 100 MSPS, PCI-X
    compliant ADC card
  • Layer 2 Compute Nodes Quad core, Dual
    processor Intel Xeon CPUs, 2 GB RAM, Dual Gigabit
    Ethernet ports, 2 TB storage capacity
  • Layer 3 Recording Nodes Dual core, Dual
    processor Intel Xeon CPUs, 2 GB RAM, Dual Gigabit
    Ethernet ports, 2 TB storage capacity
  • This results into total No of Nodes required 48

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Software Back-end - Features
  • More Dynamic range --gt More bits per sample
    -- for better protection against Radio
    Frequency Interference (RFI).
  • Better Frequency Resolution for Full Bandwidth
    --gt Longer FFT lengths.
  • Ability to filter out impulsive RFI and
    Power-line RFI from raw data, visibility data.
  • Ability to record raw data from each antenna
    and play back with different options.
  • Ability to form multiple beams within the
    primary beam (in Phased Array mode).
  • Ability to modify, add new sophisticated
    algorithms with ease.


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Software Back-end Systems
Front Side
Rear Side
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Software Back-end Systems
ADC Card
DAQ PC
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Hardware Software Backend Comparison
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Hardware Software Backend Comparison
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First Image
  • Image made from S/W back-end (by J. Chengalur)
  • Source 3C286
  • Frequency 1280 MHz
  • Bandwidth 16 MHz
  • Time 20 mins data

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New IF Conversion for Software Back-end
  • Interface the Software Correlator to the current
    GMRT Receiver.
  • Facilitates Simultaneous use of both Software and
    current Correlator Back-ends.
  • Provides Analog signals at 32 MHz BW to the ADCs.
  • Facility to inject a noise signal to Baseband and
    SW Correlator for easy trouble shooting.

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New IF Conversion for SW Back-end
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LO Generation for New IF Conversion
  • Harley CTI make DDS units used for generation
    of LO signals.
  • Freq 100 1600 MHz
  • Freq Step 1 MHz
  • Ref Signal 10 MHz
  • Facilitates shifting the IF signal to any value
    less than 100 MHz.

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New 30 to 1 program
  • 30 to 1 sytem is used for monitoring the IF
    signals at CEB.
  • New 30 to 1 program based on Labview is Ready.
  • Switch selection through NI DAQ and Instrument
    control through GPIB.
  • Works in Windows and Linux platforms.
  • Limitations on the PC clock speed and processor
    removed.

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Existing 30 to 1 System
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  • Two quadrature phase signals of 50 MHz BW each is
    generated from incoming L-band signal.
  • Broadband Quadrature Hybrid is used to generate
    the LO signals at 90 deg phase.
  • Quadrature Sampling, Digit-isation, Signal
    Conditioning and Correlation (FX) to be
    imple-mented on composite Serendip-V boards.
  • These Back-ends will be used for the 15 mtr dish
    Receiver also.

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Analog Circuits - Status
  • Status Circuit Design completed, Components
    ordered.
  • Schedule Two antenna system expected to be
    ready in three months time.
  • Estimated cost US 300 (2 ant)

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Quadrature Hybrid
  • Pulsar Microwave
  • Model QSA-09-464/6
  • Frequency Range
  • 400 to 2000 MHz.
  • Amplitude Balance 1 dB
  • Phase Balance 6 deg.

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Digital Circuits
  • Serendip-V boards will be used as the Digital
    Back-ends for the first prototypes. We have a
    Serendip System with two Boards available with
    us.
  • These Boards are General Purpose Digital boards
    with in-built ADCs and FPGA processors suitable
    for various applications.
  • Serendip Boards are in use in various Telescopes
    for Digital Back-end processing.

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Serendip Board Schematic
  • Four ADCs 8-bit ADCs with 128 MHz analog BW.
  • Provision for two 100 MHz in-phase
    quadrature-phase Analog signals.
  • Xilinx Virtex-II 6000 (XC2V6000) can be
    dynamically programmed for Signal Processing.
  • Xilinx Virtex-II 1000 (XC2V1000) as a
    reconfigurable backend processor to pass data to
    an independent computer
  • 200 digital I/O lines 256 MB DRAM.

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SERENDIP-V Setup
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Serendip - V System
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Self-Correlation Ch-A(Noise Signal 10MHz BW)
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XI Plan Upgrade Scheme
  • One stage of Frequency Conversion for all
    frequencies above 800 Mhz.
  • Direct Sampling and digitisation these signals
    using ADCs operating at a clock rate of 1600 Mhz.
  • Digital filter bank to separate the signals into
    eight bands of 100 Mhz bandwidth each.
  • Any four of the above filter outputs can be
    selected for correlation.

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Features Comparison with Current System
  • Upgraded System
  • Seamless Coverage from 50 to 1500 MHz.
  • Supports instantaneous Bandwidth of 400 MHz in
    each polarisation.
  • Facility for multi-frequency observations 100
    MHz band widths at four different bands.
  • Integrated Power Level Monitoring Circuits for
    easy trouble shooting.
  • Current system
  • Supports Seamless coverage in 50 to 1500 Mhz,
    with a few blind spots in this range.
  • Instantaneous Bandwidth of 32 MHz in each
    polarisation.
  • Facility for dual frequency observations with 32
    Mhz in each band.
  • Power Level monitoring available at few stages in
    Receiver chain.

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  • Convert L-band signal from antennas to 100-900
    MHz range with 1 stage conversion
  • The signals are digitised using high speed iADC
    Boards at a clock rate of 1000MHz.
  • Digital Filters used to split the signal to 100
    MHz bands.
  • Signal conditioning and Correlators to be
    implemented in iBOB boards.
  • High-end FPGA Boards like BEE2, Roach Boards to
    be used in final system.

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iADC Boards
  • Digitise 2 Analog channels
  • Sampling rate
  • 1 Gsps 2 Channels
  • or 2 Gsps 1 Channel
  • ADC used
  • Atmel AT84AD001B
  • 8-bit, 1 GSps dual ADC
  • Analog BW 1500 MHz

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iBOB Boards
  • Uses a Xilinx XC2VP50 FPGA as the main compute
    resource, suitable upto a four ant Back-end.
  • Allows input data streams to be packetised for 10
    Gbit, infiniband transmission to High end FPGA
    Back-ends like BEE2 boards
  • For Final 30 ant System we need to go for a
    High-end FPGA Backend Like BEE2 or Roach.

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iBOB Boards with Two iADCs
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BEE2 Boards
  • The BEE2 integrates high computational density
    with high speed I/Os
  • Has 5 nos of XC2VP70 Virtex-II Pro FPGAs (4
    user 1 control), each capable of 48
    billion MAC (16 bit) operations 10x a P-5
  • 4 GB of DDR2-SDRAM memory, aggregating 12.8 GBps
    throughput from each user FPGA
  • 10 Gbps InfiniBand links from each user FPGA
    total of 18 per board 2 Power PC cores.
  • Power budget 250 W per board

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BEE2 Board
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XI Plan Upgrade Status
  • Analog Processing Circuits Prototype Design
    Ready, Hardware to be implemented, Order placed
    for components.
  • iADC iBOB Boards Order placed for eight
    boards (expected in Apr 08). Currently exploring
    possibility of fabricating 8 boards locally.
  • High-end FPGA Back-ends BEE2 / ROACH Boards to be
    ordered.
  • Price iADC - US 1300, (one ant, two channels)
  • iBOB - US 1800, (two ant, two
    channels)
  • BEE2 - US 8000

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