• DocumentCode
    3491976
  • Title

    High-resolution small-aperture angle of arrival detection using nonlinear analog processing

  • Author

    Popovic, Zoya ; Walsh, Christi ; Matyas, Paul ; Dietlein, C. ; Anderson, Dana Z.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    6-11 June 2004
  • Firstpage
    1749
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a method for obtaining increased functionality in a small antenna array by adding analog nonlinear processing to the receiver circuit. As an example, high-resolution angle-of-arrival detection using a small aperture antenna is presented. In specific, a two-element patch antenna array with a measured directivity equivalent to that of a 5-element array is demonstrated at 2GHz using off-the-shelf components and nonlinear transmission lines for pulse compression.
  • Keywords
    direction-of-arrival estimation; microstrip antenna arrays; pulse compression; receivers; 2 GHz; aperture antenna; nonlinear analog processing; nonlinear transmission lines; pulse compression; receiver circuit; small aperture angle of arrival detection; two-element patch antenna array; Antenna arrays; Aperture antennas; Bandwidth; Delay; Frequency; Linear antenna arrays; Phased arrays; Polynomials; Receiving antennas; Signal resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 2004 IEEE MTT-S International
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8331-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1338935
  • Filename
    1338935