• DocumentCode
    3539135
  • Title

    Calibration method for the single RF channel digital beamforming antenna array

  • Author

    Zhang, Jindong ; Wu, Wen ; Fang, Da-Gang

  • Author_Institution
    Ministerial Key Lab. of JGMT, Nanjing Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Nanjing, China
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    26-30 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    442
  • Lastpage
    445
  • Abstract
    A calibration method is proposed for the single RF channel digital beamforming (DBF) Antenna Array. The on-line test of the θ/π phase shifters is carried out by using time sequence phase weighting (TSPW) technique based on the known incident plane wave. After errors of all the shifters being obtained, the complex distribution on the aperture could be corrected. The corrected data are then used to finally obtain the multi-beam patterns. The measured results validate the efficiency of the proposed method.
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; array signal processing; calibration; multibeam antennas; phase shifters; TSPW technique; calibration method; incident plane wave; multibeam patterns; phase shifter online test; single-RF channel DBF antenna array; single-RF channel digital beamforming antenna array; time sequence phase weighting technique; Calibration; DBF; Moore-Penrose Pseudo-inverse; Single RF Channel; TSPW;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Cross Strait Quad-Regional Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (CSQRWC), 2011
  • Conference_Location
    Harbin
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9792-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CSQRWC.2011.6036980
  • Filename
    6036980