An Observation Concerning Signal to Noise Ratio Properties of Continuous and Discrete Time Detectors,

Abstract

We present an approach toward improving the output signal to noise power ratio of a discrete time matched filter by employing a continuous time filter. The approach exploits the bandlimited nature of the unknown continuous time signal, and results in a filter which is robust to this inexact knowledge. We futhermore show that the robustness property does not severely compromise performance; in fact, the resulting filter possesses an output signal to noise power ratio which upper bounds that of the corresponding discrete time filter. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA112544

Entities

People

  • D. R. Halverson
  • G. L. Wise

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

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  • Air Force
  • Contracts
  • Detectors
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Intervals
  • Matched Filters
  • Military Research
  • Numbers
  • Observation
  • Real Numbers
  • Time Signals
  • Universities

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  • Engineering

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