Efficient true-time-delay adaptive array processing

Kelvin H. Wagner; Shawn Kraut; Lloyd J. Griffiths; Samuel P. Weaver; Robert T. Weverka; Anthony W. Sarto

doi:10.1117/12.257233

5 November 1996 Efficient true-time-delay adaptive array processing

Kelvin H. Wagner, Shawn Kraut, Lloyd J. Griffiths, Samuel P. Weaver, Robert T. Weverka, Anthony W. Sarto

Proceedings Volume 2845, Radar Processing, Technology, and Applications; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.257233
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

We present a novel and efficient approach to true-time-delay (TTD) beamforming for large adaptive phased arrays with N elements, for application in radar, sonar, and communication. This broadband and efficient adaptive method for time-delay array processing algorithm decreases the number of tapped delay lines required for N-element arrays form N to only 2, producing an enormous savings in optical hardware, especially for large arrays. This new adaptive system provides the full NM degrees of freedom of a conventional N element time delay beamformer with M taps, each, enabling it to fully and optimally adapt to an arbitrary complex spatio-temporal signal environment that can contain broadband signals, noise, and narrowband and broadband jammers, all of which can arrive from arbitrary angles onto an arbitrarily shaped array. The photonic implementation of this algorithm uses index gratings produce in the volume of photorefractive crystals as the adaptive weights in a TTD beamforming network, 1 or 2 acousto-optic devices for signal injection, and 1 or 2 time-delay-and- integrate detectors for signal extraction. This approach achieves significant reduction in hardware complexity when compared to systems employing discrete RF hardware for the weights or when compared to alternative optical systems that typically use N channel acousto-optic deflectors.

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Kelvin H. Wagner, Shawn Kraut, Lloyd J. Griffiths, Samuel P. Weaver, Robert T. Weverka, and Anthony W. Sarto "Efficient true-time-delay adaptive array processing", Proc. SPIE 2845, Radar Processing, Technology, and Applications, (5 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.257233

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