IMPROVED DIGITAL BEARING COMPUTER TECHNIQUES.
Abstract
The work reported here is an extension of earlier work on digital bearing computers for small aperature RDF systems. In particular, three areas are studied further. The problem of choosing the proper range for describing the instantaneous bearings is resolved by means of an adaptive process which selects the branch to be 180 deg from the average direction of arrival. An adaptive procedure is also used to group the instantaneous bearings into groups which represent almost an integral multiple of the periodic variation which is found. This allows a wider range of fading rates to be accommodated. The computations for h and a (sub s) are considerably simplified by calculating these quantities from average values of the maximum and minimum instantaneous bearings. The values obtained in this manner appear to be at least as accurate as those obtained by earlier methods.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0800439
Entities
People
- Edward W. Ernst
- Larry C. Allen
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign