An eigenfilter approach to the design of frequency invariant beamformers

2009 International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas, WSA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 341-346

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY STRUCTURES; CIRCULAR ARRAYS; EIGENFILTER; FREQUENCY INVARIANT; FREQUENCY INVARIANT BEAMFORMERS; LINEAR ARRAYS; RECTANGULAR ARRAYS; SIDELOBE ATTENUATION;

BEAMFORMING;

EID: 84978514893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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