TY - GEN
T1 - Hand-held microwave direction-of-arrival finder based on varactor-tuned analog aerial beamforming
AU - Ohira, Takashi
AU - Gyoda, Koichi
PY - 2001/12/1
Y1 - 2001/12/1
N2 - A newly developed prototype microwave direction-of-arrival (DOA) finder is presented. Varactor-loaded passive radiators around the main monopole radiator steer the beam in the full 360-degree azimuth angles. Unlike digital beamforming (DBF) approaches, only one RF receiver is needed for estimating the DOA. This simplicity provides sufficient light weight for hand-held portability, and low power consumption for 4-hour continuous battery operation.
AB - A newly developed prototype microwave direction-of-arrival (DOA) finder is presented. Varactor-loaded passive radiators around the main monopole radiator steer the beam in the full 360-degree azimuth angles. Unlike digital beamforming (DBF) approaches, only one RF receiver is needed for estimating the DOA. This simplicity provides sufficient light weight for hand-held portability, and low power consumption for 4-hour continuous battery operation.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0035732765
SN - 0780371380
T3 - Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC
SP - 585
EP - 588
BT - Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC
T2 - 2001 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference
Y2 - 3 December 2001 through 6 December 2001
ER -