DELAY QUANTIZATION TECHNIQUE TO REDUCE STEERING ERRORS IN DIGITAL BEAMFORMERS - Patent 0316433

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EP 0 316 433 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	24.05.1989 Bulletin 1989/21

(21)	Application number: 88905491.0

(22)	Date of filing: 18.05.1988

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01S 7/ 523^{( . )}

G10K 11/ 34^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1988/001671

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1988/009548 (01.12.1988 Gazette 1988/26)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB SE

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Priority:

21.05.1987 US 19870052813

(71)	Applicant: Hughes Aircraft Company
	Los Angeles California 90045-0066 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	REED, Frank, A. Yorba Linda, CA 92686 (US)

(74)	Representative: Colgan, Stephen James, et al
	CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	DELAY QUANTIZATION TECHNIQUE TO REDUCE STEERING ERRORS IN DIGITAL BEAMFORMERS