Wideband beamformer
US4544927A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 4, 1982 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q3/26
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A beamformer that accommodates signals of substantially wider bandwith than conventional phase-shift beamformers by processing signals coupled from an array of sensor elements in a multi-stage sequence of operations that alternate between phase-shift beamforming and time-delay steering.
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