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Phased Arrays and BeamForming for MIMO and GNSS Applications

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Phased arrays are complex systems composed of multiple radiating elements that can be directed and changed electronically using beamforming algorithms. They have numerous applications in areas such as radar systems, navigation, wireless communications, and medicine, and are gaining more interest because of their versatility. One of the major difficulties of these systems is the complex management of calibration and synchronization of the radiating elements. We provide an introduction to these systems by analyzing the causes that generate channel time delay. The main resolution methods will be discussed, followed by an application example of beamforming to remove a jammer in a real GNSS signal. We also show how an uncalibrated system fails to function properly, unlike a calibrated one.

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The authors would like to thank Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) for providing the FPGA hardware and software tools with the AMD-Xilinx University Program.

This work is partially supported by Project ECS 0000024 Rome Technopole, CUP B83C22002820006, NRP Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.5, funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU.

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    S. Acciarito, L. Canese, G. C. Cardarilli, L. Di Nunzio, R. Fazzolari, R. La Cesa, M. Re & S. Spanò

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Acciarito, S. et al. (2024). Phased Arrays and BeamForming for MIMO and GNSS Applications. In: Ciofi, C., Limiti, E. (eds) Proceedings of SIE 2023. SIE 2023. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1113. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48711-8_39

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