Title :
An improved hybrid interferometer
Author :
Penno, Robert P. ; Pasala, Krishna M. ; Schneider, Stephen
Author_Institution :
Dayton Univ., OH, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, three alternatives to AOA determination are considered: the hybrid interferometer using MUSIC resolution, the hybrid interferometer using the comparison approach to resolution and the hybrid-MUSIC approach. It is seen that the hybrid interferometer (MUSIC) is more accurate than the hybrid interferometer (comparison). On the other hand, hybrid interferometer (MUSIC) is not as accurate as the hybrid-MUSIC, but does not require excessive computational resources to achieve AOA estimates whose bias and standard deviations are much improved over other hybrid approaches as well as the linear phase interferometer.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; antenna theory; array signal processing; broadband antennas; direction-of-arrival estimation; maximum likelihood estimation; radiowave interferometers; spiral antennas; MUSIC resolution; angle of arrival; broadband antennas; hybrid MUSIC algorithm; hybrid interferometer; linear phase interferometer; maximum likelihood estimation; single spiral antennas; standard deviations; Apertures; Frequency estimation; Hardware; Multiple signal classification; Parameter estimation; Phase estimation; Signal resolution; Space technology; Spirals; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8155-6
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2004.1367694