• DocumentCode
    2677
  • Title

    Multi-Resolution Composite Array for Digital Beamforming With High Angular-Resolution

  • Author

    Yue Tang ; Yilong Lu

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
  • Volume
    62
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    4377
  • Lastpage
    4380
  • Abstract
    This communication presents a new multi-resolution composite array (MRCA) concept for digital beamforming (DBF) array to achieve very high angular-resolution with considerably less array elements. Furthermore, the beamforming performances of DBF radars with two proposed multi-resolution composite arrays were investigated with numerical experiments and compared to a conventional full-filled array and a multiplicative array to verify our concepts.
  • Keywords
    array signal processing; radar signal processing; DBF array; DBF radars; MRCA concept; digital beamforming; high angular resolution; less array elements; multiplicative array; multiresolution composite array; Antenna arrays; Apertures; Array signal processing; Arrays; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Antenna arrays; digital beamforming; linear antenna arrays; multi-resolution composite array;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.2014.2323427
  • Filename
    6814793