Efficient design of frequency invariant beamformers with sensor delay-lines

SAM 2008 - 5th IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 335-339

  Zhao, Yong ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Langley, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convex optimization; Frequency invariant beamformer; Sensor delay line

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BEAMFORMING; CHEMICAL SENSORS; MISSILE BASES; SENSOR ARRAYS; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BROADBAND BEAMFORMING; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; FREQUENCY INVARIANT BEAMFORMER; FREQUENCY INVARIANT BEAMFORMERS; INTERIOR-POINT METHODS; MULTICHANNEL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SENSOR DELAY-LINE; SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS;

CURVE FITTING;

EID: 52949113833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SAM.2008.4606884     Document Type: Conference Paper

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