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A Technology of Microwave Direction Finding with Circular Array Combination Method  

Lim Joong-Soo (Dept. of Information & Communications, Cheonan University and Radiowave Detection Research Center, KAIST)
Jung Chul-Gu (Dept. of Information & Communications, Cheonan University and Radiowave Detection Research Center, KAIST)
Chae Gyoo-Soo (Dept. of Information & Communications, Cheonan University and Radiowave Detection Research Center, KAIST)
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Abstract
This paper describes a microwave direction finding technology which is used for RF signal acquisition and monitoring systems. This paper suggests a direction finding method which use a combination of the amplitude-comparison technology and the phase-comparison technology. The amplitude-comparison technology uses the amplitude difference of the RF signals received from the array antennas of direction finding system and removes the ambiguity of wave incident bearing. The phase-comparison technology uses the phase difference of the RF signals received from the same nay antennas and makes a good direction finding accuracy. The suggested direction finding technology is designed to place 8 array antennas in a $45^{\circ}$ distance around the circle for $360^{\circ}$ azimuth angle. Also it is designed to use the phase difference of the received signals ken two nearby antennas to measure the signal incident direction accurately and to use the amplitude difference to remove the ambiguity of wave incident bearing. The simulation and measurement results are under $0.5^{\circ}$ bearing error in $2.0\~6.0$ GHz when SNR is 30 dB.
Keywords
Direction Finding; Circular Array; Amplitude-Comparison; Phase-Comparison; Ambiguity;
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