NDLI: Theoretical and experimental studies on broadband constant beamwidth beamforming for circular arrays

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Author	Yang, Y. Chao Sun Wan, C.
Copyright Year	2003
Description	Author affiliation: Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore (Yang, Y.)
Abstract	In this paper, we deal with the broadband constant beamwidth beamforming problem for circular arrays. The response vector of a circular array is expanded in the form of sum of an infinite series, whose core function is the first kind Bessel function. High order terms of this series are truncated so that the array response vectors at different frequency components can be transformed to be approximately equal to that at the reference frequency. Constant beamwidth beamforming vectors can be constructed by using the transforming procedure, so that beams at different frequencies are same as the reference beam. The effectiveness of this method is firstly verified by computer simulation. To further investigate the performance of the proposed method, lake-experiment was carried out for a 24-element uniform circular array with radius=1.5 m. Based on the data collected from the experiment, constant beamwidth beams were successfully formed at eight different frequencies covering one-octave frequency band. Although big amplitude difference among hydrophones was observed during the experiment, the constant beamwidth beams were still correctly formed except for some distortions at sidelobe region of the beampattern. From the experiment result, we can conclude that constant beamwidth beamforming approach proposed for circular array is applicable to practical systems and has good error tolerance.
Sponsorship	Dept. of the Navy Sci. and Technol. Coalition for Enhanced Marine Resources Orincon Ceros Harbour Offshore Inc
Starting Page	1647
Ending Page	1653
File Size	416035
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0933957300
DOI	10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178124
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-09-22
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	MTS
Subject Keyword	Array signal processing Frequency Acoustic beams Sonar detection Sensor arrays Acoustic arrays Acoustical engineering Computer simulation Lakes Sonar equipment
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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