Archives of Acoustics, 31, 4(S), pp. 357-363, 2006

Digital mono-pulse method in cylindrical antenna

W. Leśniak
Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Department of Marine Electronics Systems, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdańsk
Poland

J. Marszal
Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Department of Marine Electronics Systems, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdańsk
Poland

R. Salamon
Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Department of Marine Electronics Systems, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdańsk
Poland

M. Rudnicki
Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Department of Marine Electronics Systems, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdańsk
Poland

A. Schmidt
Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Department of Marine Electronics Systems, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdańsk
Poland

The article presents a method designed to improve the accuracy of cylindrical antenna
multi-beam sonar performance. The method is based on the mono-pulse method used in radars
and sonars. It provides good bearing accuracy in a single sounding action. The only change
required is the generation of two deflected beams and some simple computations. The new
approach to mono-pulse technique, with application of digital signal processing is presented
in the paper. The computer simulations proved, that good bearing accuracy can be obtained
even for a relatively low signal to noise ratio.
Keywords: passive sonar, cylindrical array, signal processing, spatial spectrum.
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