Performance characterization of FPGA techniques for calibration and beamforming in smart antenna applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3043-3051

  Nuteson, Todd W ^a   Stocker, Jeffrey E ^a   Clark IV, James S ^a   Haque, Dewan S ^a   Mitchell, Gregory S ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive arrays; Array signal processing; Calibration; Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BANDWIDTH; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

SMART ANTENNA APPLICATIONS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0036906414     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.805151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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