Design, construction and analysis of a 14-bit direct digital antenna utilizing optical sampling and optimum SNS encoding

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. === Direct digital direction finding (DF) antennas will allow an incoming signal to be digitally encoded at the antenna with high dynamic range (14 bits approx. equal 86 dB) without the use of down conversion that is typically necessary. As a s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ringer, William P
Other Authors: Pace, Phillip E.
Language:English
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8215