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Correlator chip for the Australia Telescope
Object No. 97/292/2
Correlator chip, for the Australia Telescope, silicon/metal/paper, CSIRO Division of Radiophysics/Austek Microsystems, Australia, 1985
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Summary
Physical Description
Correlator chip, for the Australia Telescope, silicon/metal/paper, CSIRO Division of Radiophysics/Austek Microsystems, Australia, 1985. Computer chip containing 46,000 transistors on a thin slice of silicon 6.5 mm square. The silicon is housed in a 40 pin package. It can make 20 million calculations each second. In the Australia Telescope correlator, the chips are mounted on a correlator module housing 16 chips. Eight of these modules are placed side by side in a correlator block. There are at least 15 correlator blocks needed to combine the signals from all possible pairs of antennae.
DIMENSIONS
Height
8 mm
Width
50 mm
Depth
16 mm
PRODUCTION
Notes
CSIRO Division of Radiophysics with Dr Warwick Wilson as section leader. Austek Microsystems, Adelaide
HISTORY
Notes
The Australia Telescope correlator chips were designed for use on the Australia Telescope at Narrabri.
SOURCE
Credit Line
Australia Telescope National Facility
Acquisition Date
6 November 1997
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