Wideband Capon Beamforming for a Planar Phased Radar Array with Antenna Switching

  • Lee, Moon-Sik (Broadcasting & Telecommunications Convergence Research Laboratory, ETRI, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University)
  • Received : 2008.11.11
  • Accepted : 2009.02.18
  • Published : 2009.06.30

Abstract

A wideband beamforming algorithm for estimating the azimuth angle, elevation angle, velocity, and range using a planar phased radar array with antenna switching is proposed. It uses the time-variant steering vector model. Simulation results illustrating the performance of the proposed beamformer are presented.

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