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Closed-loop multistage beamformer

  • US 6,598,014 B1
  • Filed: 10/20/2000
  • Issued: 07/22/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for tracking ambient signals, detecting or receiving desired signals, and suppressing undesired signals, comprising:

  • an array of sensors through which ambient signals are received, said array generating N channels of data, wherein N is an integer greater than zero;

    a transformation device that accepts the data from said array and generates N′

    channels of data, wherein N′

    is an integer greater than zero;

    an adaptive processor that accepts the N′

    channels of data from the output of the transformation device, said adaptive processor processes the N′

    channels of data to update the settings of said transformation device, such that only N′

    degrees of freedom are adaptively manipulated by said adaptive processor at any instant, the manipulation being done in a manner that instantaneously senses changes in signal environment and adjusts the settings of said transformation device in a closed-loop, wherein said adaptive processor controls all N degrees of freedom adaptively over time, thus nulling and tracking performance is then limited by the N degrees of freedom and not the N′

    degrees of freedom that are actually used adaptively at any instant.

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