HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF A HARDWARE EFFICIENT BEAMFORMER FOR UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATIONS

Authors
POWELL DG HOLT AGJ
Citation
Dg. Powell et Agj. Holt, HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF A HARDWARE EFFICIENT BEAMFORMER FOR UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATIONS, International journal of electronics, 78(1), 1995, pp. 77-100
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
International journal of electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00207217
Volume
78
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
77 - 100
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7217(1995)78:1<77:HASIOA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The operation of a hardware-efficient beamformer based on the 320C25 D SP chip is described in some detail; showing how considerable savings may be achieved by splitting the beamformer array into a number of sma ller sub-arrays whose signals are processed by partial beamformers. De tail of the hardware design and operation is provided together with ho w charts for the software operation.