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    Here you can find a collection of documents which should support our WP on phasing ALMA.

    1. This presentation by Bremer describes the present system and how the VLBI phasing is done. It also gives an overview over the next (NOEMA) system.
    2. Online description of the present system at Plateau de Bure http://www.iram.fr/IRAMFR/TA/backend/cor6A/index.html
    3. More details on phasing at PdB given in an email by Bremer.
    4. Presentation by Torres about the next BdB correlator and how the VLBI mode will be implemented
    5. An FPGA based Phased Array Processor for the Sub-Millimeter Array is the master thesis of Vinayak Nagpal supervised by Weintroub.
    6. Adam Deller's memo on VLA phasing and a summary.
    7. ALMA has chosen to use a set of 128 orthogonal Walsh functions, both for the sideband separation using 90-degree phase switching at the first local oscillator, and for spurious rejection using 180- degree phase switching at the first local oscillator with demodulation by means of a digital sign change shortly after the digitizer. A set of orthogonal Walsh functions can be defined and ordered in many different ways (PAL, Natural or Paley ordering, WAL, CAL & SAL sequency ordering) and with different phasing definitions (e.g. Harmuth phasing, or "positive phasing".) It is proposed here that ALMA standardize on a set of Walsh functions in WAL order with positive phasing. A numerical table is included, and is available in machine readable form.
    8. Document forwarded by Dave Graham on array phasing ideas from NASA for the DSN at 162B.pdf
    9. Document forwarded by Dave Graham on phasing of the MWA at Mitchell_IEEE_RTScalibration.pdf
    10. White paper on phasing by Geoff Crew is in the dropbox
    11. Email by Geoff on fast corrections and who may be in charge for this.