Optimization of Conventional Passive Sonar Detection Systems

Abstract

The report examines three methods for maximizing the output signal- to-noise ratio of a conventional passive detection system consisting of a fixed array, non-adaptive beam forming, and square-law detection. The performance of a non-optimal system is compared to each of the three optimum configurations, and the results suggest how an unsophisticated, sub-optimal system, which has only marginally poorer performance than the optimum systems, can be designed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 26, 1969
Accession Number
AD0700268

Entities

People

  • Robert J. Whelchel

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bandwidth
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Frequency Response
  • Noise
  • Passive Sonar
  • Power Spectra
  • Signal Processing
  • Sonar
  • Specifications
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transfer Functions
  • Warning Systems
  • White Noise

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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