This paper briefly summarizes the on-going work at the University of Cambridge to design a suitable front-end for the SKA AA-low array (Phase I of SKA, 70-450 MHz). This is a collaborative effort between different institutions and comprises of the design and development of a low cost ultra-wideband antenna and a low noise amplifier to meet the ambitious SKA specifications. These components have been tested as single elements and will be further validated as part of a 16-element array called AAVS0 (Aperture Array Verification System 0).
De Lera Acedo, E., Razavi-Ghods, N., Scott, P., Doherty, P., Grainge, K., Faulkner, A., Alexander, P., Drought, N., Troop, N., Gonzalez Ovejero, D., Raucy, C., Craeye, C., Van Der Merwe, P., & Reader, H. C. (2012). SKA AA-low front-end developments (At Cambridge University). 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012, Prague. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/222983