On the applications of the frequency-response masking technique in array beamforming

Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-224

  Liu, Yongzhi ^a   Lin, Zhiping ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FIR FILTERS; SENSORS;

ARRAY BEAMFORMING; FREQUENCY-RESPONCE MASKING (FRM) TECHNIQUE; SHARP TRANSITION BANDS;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 33746932466     PISSN: 0278081X     EISSN: 15315878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00034-005-2504-6     Document Type: Article

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