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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
David A Smith, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367123 ; 367905 ;
Abstract
Forming and directive control of the beam in a circular sonar array without ime delay or phase shift networks. Predetermined weighting coefficients are used to scale sensor outputs that are summed in an add-only processor to provide a weighted sum output characteristic of target position relative to the main receiving axis of the array.