In this paper a novel method to generate high-precision and continuously adjustable digital time-delay by utilizing the linear phase of a FIR filter is presented. The generated time-delay can be continuously changed b...In this paper a novel method to generate high-precision and continuously adjustable digital time-delay by utilizing the linear phase of a FIR filter is presented. The generated time-delay can be continuously changed by adjusting the filter weights. The time-delay is pre cise and valid for wide-band, while the computational load is low. The proposed approach can find applications in wide-band digital beamforming, adaptive delay estimation, temporal analy sis of reflected waveform, etc.. In the paper, the basic principle, design steps and simulation re sults are given. Also shown are some typical practical applications.展开更多
文摘In this paper a novel method to generate high-precision and continuously adjustable digital time-delay by utilizing the linear phase of a FIR filter is presented. The generated time-delay can be continuously changed by adjusting the filter weights. The time-delay is pre cise and valid for wide-band, while the computational load is low. The proposed approach can find applications in wide-band digital beamforming, adaptive delay estimation, temporal analy sis of reflected waveform, etc.. In the paper, the basic principle, design steps and simulation re sults are given. Also shown are some typical practical applications.