DS4014 Array Signal Processing Syllabus:

DS4014 Array Signal Processing Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To know basis of the Antenna Signals and its types
 To know about the representation of the Antenna acquisition signals in different domains
 To understand statistical techniques of the signal representation
 To be able to study different applications of the Antenna Systems

UNIT I ARRAY FUNDAMENTALS

Antenna parameters, Basic Antenna elements, Array Fundamentals- Element pattern, directive gain, Directivity, Power Gain, Polarization, array pattern, array gain, array taper efficiency, Pencil beam array, linear array synthesis-schelkunoff ‘a polynomial array, binomial array, Chebyshev array, Microstrip patch array, Noise in communication.

UNIT II SPATIAL SIGNALS AND SENSOR ARRAYS

Signals in space and time. Spatial frequency, Direction vs. frequency. Wave fields. Far field and Near field signals. Spatial sampling, Nyquist criterion. Sensor arrays. Uniform linear arrays, planar and random arrays. Array transfer (steering) vector. Array steering vector for ULA. Broadband arrays.

UNIT III SPATIAL FREQUENCY

Aliasing in spatial frequency domain. Spatial Frequency Transform, Spatial spectrum. Spatial Domain Filtering, sectorization, switched beam, phased antenna array, adaptive antenna array and adaptive signal processing application, Beam Forming. Spatially white signal. Introduction to microphone array signal processing

UNIT IV DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION

Non parametric methods – Beam forming and Capon methods. Resolution of Beam forming method. Subspace methods – MUSIC, Minimum Norm and ESPRIT techniques. Spatial Smoothing.

UNIT V APPLICATIONS OF ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING

RADAR, Sonar, Seismic, Acoustics, Wireless Communications and networks and Radio Astronomy signal processing applications

COURSE OUTCOMES:

CO1: recognize basis of the Antenna Signals and its types
CO2: design Antenna based signal Acquisition System
CO3  understand statistical techniques of the signal representation
CO4: develop different mathematical techniques for signal acquired from the Antenna Receiver system
CO5: understand different Antenna Acquisition Applications

TOTAL:45 PERIODS

REFERENCES:

1. White Paper: Bass J, McPheeters C, Finnigan J, Rodriguez E. Array Signal Processing, February 2005.
2. Dan E. Dudgeon and Don H. Johnson. Array Signal Processing: Concepts and Techniques. Prentice Hall. 1993.
3. Petre Stoica and Randolph L. Moses, Spectral Analysis of Signals. Prentice Hall. 2005
4. Simon Haykins and K. J. Ray Liu, Handbook on Array Signal Processing and Sensor Networks, Wiley, 2010.