Pointing accuracy and dynamic range in a steered beam adaptive array
Abstract
This report examines the performance of a steered beam adaptive array as a function of the beam pointing error. The purpose is to determine how close the steered beam has to be to the actual desired signal arrival angle for good performance. It is shown that the beam pointing error that can be tolerated is essentially a question of dynamic range. The greater the desired signal dynamic range that must be accommodated by the array, the more accurate the beam pointing angle must be.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- November 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979STIN...8019331C
- Keywords:
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- Adaptive Control;
- Antenna Arrays;
- Beam Waveguides;
- Autocorrelation;
- Radio Frequency Interference;
- Signal To Noise Ratios;
- Communications and Radar