| Description: | In the DISPERSE project ASTRON works on the development of an integrated electronic/photonic component for the transfer of signals from an antenna element to a central location. In addition, a small, low power A/D converter unit has been developed for the digitisation of antenna signals. In DISPERSE both are combined in a Compact Receiver unit as a first technology demonstrator in ASTRONs Smart Front-end Roadmap.
After three years of DISPERSE technology development, the project ended on Friday, January 31 2020. The last DISPERSE event was the final review meeting at Leuven. The reviewer team was very enthusiastic about the outcomes of the project and rated the project as excellent. The technology that ASTRON and project partner Technobis developed in DISPERSE was shown during the meeting in a demonstration setup. The picture at the left shows Leon and Lesley and the demonstration setup during the DISPERSE meeting in Leuven. A picture of the integrated electronic/photonic component is given at the right-hand side, showing a photonic transmitter IC surrounded by a PCB with two laser-driver ICs. The PCB was designed by ASTRON while the assembly of the module and fibre-optic pigtailing was performed by Technobis. DISPERSE project leader Mark van Helvoort made a number of movies about the DISPERSE results that are available via his Youtube stream. Two of them concern the ASTRON application (see: this movie).
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