Title :
Cascade array structures
Author :
Hanson, Timothy ; Essman, Joseph
Author_Institution :
Trenton State Coll., Hillwood Lakes, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The complexity of calculating the weights for an adaptive antenna array is reduced. The advantages of cascaded adaptive arrays are discussed. General formulas for the cascade optimum cascade weights, SINR (signal-to-interference-noise ratio), and gain are developed. These formulas are applied to a five-element array treated as two-, three-, and four-element subarrays. The following are advantages of a cascade approach: (1) processor complexity is lowered, and a time-division-multiplexed (TDM) processor is possible; (2) only one subarray needs to be adapted per stage; and (3) the number of inputs in each subarray is limited, and therefore higher complexity algorithms are possible
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; computational complexity; antenna radiation pattern; antenna theory; cascaded adaptive arrays; computational complexity; gain; signal-to-interference-noise ratio; Adaptive arrays; Antenna arrays; Computational complexity; Educational institutions; Equations; Hardware; Lakes; Signal processing; Testing; Time division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
System Theory, 1990., Twenty-Second Southeastern Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cookeville, TN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2038-2
DOI :
10.1109/SSST.1990.138226