Phased array signal processing

A phased array radar system, such as may be used in a low-angle tracking radar or direction finding equipment, includes a multi-channel digital filter to remove unwanted multipath signals. The R.F. signals from the array are first converted to zero I.F. and digitized. After n-channel Doppler filteri...

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Main Authors WADDOUP; WILLIAM D, BARTON; PAUL, BLAIR; PETER K
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 14.02.1984
Subjects
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
ELECTRICITY
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASURING
PHYSICS
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
TESTING
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Summary:A phased array radar system, such as may be used in a low-angle tracking radar or direction finding equipment, includes a multi-channel digital filter to remove unwanted multipath signals. The R.F. signals from the array are first converted to zero I.F. and digitized. After n-channel Doppler filtering (13) the digital signals are subjected to filtering (14) either to effect band-pass spatial filtering, thereby attenuating generally all signals arriving outside preset angular limits, or notch filtering which heavily attenuates signals arriving from one particular angle. In one embodiment spatial filtering is followed by notch filtering. The filtered signals are then beam-formed (15) before being applied to further digital processing, such as beam peak tracking (16).
Bibliography:Application Number: US19810245504