... Astrophysics Group . ... Introduction to COAST . ... The quest for high angular resolution at optical wavelengths has prompted the development of a variety of techniques to overcome atmospheric seeing at astronomical sites. ... The Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope ( COAST ) was planned as a coherent array of four telescopes operating in the red and near infra-red, using Michelson interferometry on baselines of up to 100m to give images with a resolution down to 1 milliarcsecond. ...

... The design employs a differential structure. ... The input is adapted to 100 differential, and the outputs use standard Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS). ... T/H SINGLE T/H Single Input T/H Single Output 1.35 0.15 0.2 T/H DIFFERENTIAL Input T/H Output T/H 0.1 1.3 0.05 volts volts Figure 5: Digital part and digital gate 0 1.25 -0.05 -0.1 1.2 Integrated Test System A test system is integrated on chip to evaluate the transmission to the data acquisition card (fig: 7). ...