DTIC AD0409138: TAPPED DELAY LINE REALIZATIONS OF FREQUENCY PERIODIC FILTERS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO LINEAR FM PULSE COMPRESSION

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ESD-TDR-63-232  TM-3506 

TAPPED  DELAY  LINE  REALIZATIONS  OF  FREQUENCY 
PERIODIC  FILTERS  AND  THEIR  APPLICATION  TO  LINEAR 
FM  PULSE  COMPRESSION 

TECHNICAL  DOCUMENTARY  REPORT  NO.  ESD-TDR-63-232 

May  1963 
R.  Manasse 


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PERIODIC  FILTERS  AND  THEIR  APPLICATION  TO  LINEAR 
FM  PULSE  COMPRESSION 

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DIRECTORATE  OF  RADAR  AND  OPTICS 
ELECTRONIC  SYSTEMS  DIVISION 
AIR  FORCE  SYSTEMS  COMMAND 
UNITED  STATES  AIR  FORCE 
L.G.  Hanscom  Field,  Bedford,  Massachusetts 


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Bedford*,  Massachusetts 
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I  ABSTRACT 

It  is  shown  that  a  linear  network  having  an  amplitude  and 
phase  response  which  is  a  periodic  function  of  frequency  can 
be  synthesized  with  a  tapped  delay  line  with  amplitude  and 
phase  weightings  on  each  tap.  The  theory  of  this  technique 
for  the  realization  of  frequency  periodic  filters  is  devel¬ 
oped.  The  example  which  motivates  the  discussion  of  this 
problem  is  the  use  of  a  single  frequency  periodic  filter  to 
replace  a  bank  of  complex  dispersive  subpulse  networks  em¬ 
ployed  in  a  large  time -bandwidth  product  linear  FM  pulse 
compression  network.  The  availability  of  high  quality  tapped 
quartz  delay  lines  and  the  ease  with  which  amplitude  and 
phase  adjustments  can  be  made  on  each  tap  appear  to  make 
this  technique  attractive  for  a  number  of  future  applications. 

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i 


iii 


PREFACE 


The  material  for  this  paper  was  prepared  approximately  a  year 
and  one  half  ago  with  the  expectation  that  it  would  eventually  form  one 
section  of  a  considerably  larger  report  on  linear  FH  pulse  compression. 
Since  that  time  the  material  for  the  larger  report  has  grown  and  evolved 
into  several  papers,  two  of  which  were  presented  at  the  recent  Pulse 
Compression  Symposium  at  RADC.  It  is  more  than  timely  therefore  to 
publish  this  material  at  this  time  and,  except  for  minor  editorial 
revisions,  this  TM  reproduces  the  draft  version  of  this  paper  prepared 
earlier. 


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1. 


TAPPED  DELAY  LINE  REALIZATIONS  OF  FREQUENCY  PERIODIC  FILTERS 
AND  THEIR  APPLICATION  TO  LINEAR  FM  PULSE  COMPRESSION 


In  this  paper  we  shall  see  how  the  desired  periodic  filter  response 
can  be  realized  with  the  aid  of  a  high  quality  tapped  delay  line  having 
amplitude  and  phase  weightings  on  the  output  of  each  tap.  Such  a  filter 
has  a  frequency  response  which  is  periodic  in  frequency  with  a  period 
equal  to  the  reciprocal  of  the  delay  line  tap  spacing. 

In  our  case,  we  are  Interested  in  synthesizing  a  set  of  dispersive 
networks  which  are  all  Identical  except  for  a  center  frequency  displacement. 
If  this  tapped  delay  line  simulates  the  desired  frequency  response  over 
a  frequency  band,  then  the  repetitive  character  of  the  network  in  frequency 
enables  us  to  use  the  filter  at  a  number  of  frequencies  simultaneously. 

Thus  we  are  able  to  replace  a  whole  set  of  dispersive  networks  by  one 
tapped  delay  line. 

Before  considering  the  reasoning  which  leads  us  to  the  use  of  a 
tapped  delay  line,  we  will  review  briefly  the  basic  properties  of  the 
complex  notation  which  is  used  to  characterize  the  response  of  linear 
networks  .* 

Consider  a  linear  time- invariant  network  which  is  characterized  by 
an  Impulse  response  h(t).  We  let  x(t)  be  the  real  waveform  input  to  the 
filter,  and  y(t)  be  the  real  waveform  at  the  output  of  the  filter.  See 
Figure  1. 


For  a  discussion  of  the  complex  representation  of  real  waveforms,  see 
P.  M.  Woodward,  "Probability  and  Information  Theory,  with  Applications  to 
Radar"  (McGraw-Hill,  1953),  and  D.  Gabor,  Journal  Institute  of  Elect. 
Engineers  (Pt.  Ill),  93,  p.  429,  1946.  See  also,  J.  Dugundji,  "Envelopes 
and  Pre-Envelopes  of  Real  Waveforms",  Vol.  IT-4,  PGIT,  March,  1958. 


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2. 


*(t) 


h(t) 


FIGURE  I 


y(t)  Is  related  to  x(t)  and  h(t)  by  a  convolution  Integral. 

00 

y(t)  -  J  h(t-T)x(T)dT 

•  00 

All  realizable  filters  satisfy  h(t)  «  0  for  t  <  0,  so  that  the  convolu 
tion  can  equally  well  be  written 

t 

y(t)  -  J  h(t-T)x(T)dT 


Convolution  in  the  time  domain  corresponds  to  multiplication  in  the 
frequency  domain,  and  therefore 


Y(f)  -  H(f)X(f)  [or  Y(cu)  -  H(uj)X(co),  at  -  2nf  ] 

where  Y(f),  H(f)  and  X(f)  are  Fourier  transforms  of  y(t),  h(t)  and  x(t), 
respectively. 

Usually,  in  circuit  theory,  the  response  of  an  electrical  network  is 
characterised  by  its  effect  on  complex  time  waveforms  (e.g.,  e^*,  J  -  /^T) 
rather  than  real  time  waveforms  (e.g.,  cosU)t)a  The  reason  for  this,  of 
course,  is  that  any  real  time  waveform  must  have  a  Fourier  transform  which 


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3. 


Is  conjugate  symmetric  about  zero  frequency  and  therefore  any  real  wave¬ 
form  is  completely  characterized  by  its  frequency  function  for  positive 
frequencies  alone:  The  frequency  function  for  negative  frequencies  can 
be  mapped  to  zero  without  destroying  any  information  about  the  time  wave¬ 
form,  and  this  is  exactly  the  procedure  used  to  obtain  the  complex 
representation  which  proves  to  be  notationally  convenient  and  leads  to 
algebraic  simplifications.  Xc(f),  the  complex  (frequency)  representation 
of  X(f),  is  defined  simply  as 


xc(f)  - 


Yc(f)  is  similarly  defined.  The  frequency  response  of  the  network  is  then 
written 

Y  (f)  -  H(f)X  (f) 
c  c 


The  complex  time  representation  of  x(t),  written  xc(t)  ,  is  the 
Inverse  Fourier  transform  of  Xc(f).  The  real  waveform  can  always  be  obtained 
from  its  complex  representation  by  taking  twice  the  real  part.  This  complex 
representation  sets  up  a  one-to-one  correspondence  between  real  and  complex 
waveforms.  In  the  frequency  domain  the  correspondence  is  obtained  by  mapping 
the  frequency  function  to  zero  for  negative  frequencies,  and  leaving  the 
frequency  function  for  positive  frequencies  unperturbed.  In  the  time  domain 
the  correspondence  between  real  and  complex  waveforms  is  set  up  using  Hilbert 
transforms.  xc(t) ,  the  complex  representation  of  x(t) ,  is  given  by 

xc(t)  -  -J  x(t)  +  J  $fx(t) 

where  Vx(t)  s  Hilbert  transform  of  x(t).  We  find,  taking  the  Fourier 
transform  of  both  sides,  that must  satisfy 


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4. 


Xc(f)  .|x(f)  +i  j  p|tfx(t)]  , 


(F  denotes  Fourier  transform) 


or 


pjVx(t)] 


/ 


■  JX(f) >  f >  0 
JX(f),  f<0 


It  is  seen  that  7/  introduces  a  multiplication  by  -j  for  positive 
frequencies  and  multiplication  by  +j  for  negative  frequencies.  In  the 
time  domain  this  operation  corresponds  to  convolution  with  the  time 
function  1/nt,  so 


which  is  the  usual  formula  for  the  Hilbett  transform.  It  is  as  though 
x(t)  had  been  passed  through  a  linear  filter  with  impulse  response  1/nt. 
However,  this  filter  is  not  realizable  because  the  impulse  response  is  not 
zero  for  t  less  than  zero,  can  be  viewed  in  the  frequency  domain  as  an 
inf inite-bandwidth  90°  phase  shifter.  If  we  allow  arbitrarily  long  time 
delays  in  the  impulse  response,  it  should  be  possible  to  realize  2*/ to  any 
desired  degree  of  accuracy.  Fortunately  in  the  synthesis  of  filters,  time 
delays  are  usually  of  no  consequence. 

h«§  a  number  of  useful  properties,  but  we  shall  need  only  a  few  of 

them. 

14  (cos  out)  ■  sin  uut  (u>  -  2tt£) 

Hi  sin  out)  ■  -  cos  out 

Ma  *(o  ■  ‘  *(*> 

» 

^4  (real  function)  ■  real  function 


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5. 


The  first  two  relations  are  easily  proved  by  mapping  cosuut  and  slwut  to 
their  complex  representations,  multiplying  by  -J,  and  taking  twice  the 
real  part.  The  third  relation  results  from,  the  fact  that  14 applied  twice 
converts  X(f)  Into  -X(f).  The  fourth  relation  Is  true  because  V 
preserves  conjugate  symmetry  of  the  frequency  function. 

There  Is  another  important  relationship  which  we  will  need.  Consider 
the  following  function 


x(t)  *  u(t)  cosuut 

where  u(t)  has  a  frequency  function  which  vanishes  outside  the  Interval 
(-uu  ,uu).  We  can  obtain  the  Hilbert  transform  of  x(t)  by  replacing  the  right- 
hand  side  of  the  equation  by  its  complex  representation,  multiplying  by  -j, 
and  taking  twice  the  real  part. 

The  complex  representation  of  x(t)  is  given  by 

The  Fourier  transform  of  this  function,  which  can  be  expressed  as  a 
convolution  of  the  respective  frequency  functions,  is  zero  for  negative 
frequencies.  Twice  the  real  part  of  this  function  equals  x(t).  Therefore 
the  function  must  indeed  be  the  complex  representation  of  x(t). 

Multiplying  the  complex  representation  by  -J,  and  taking  twice  the 
real  part,  we  have 

^  £u(t)cosuutJ  ■  2fte  u(t)e^U)tJ  ■  u(t)sinU>t 

Similarly 


^  J\i(t)sin'J)tJ  *  -u(t) cosuut 

Let  us  now  proceed  to  synthesize,  using  the  above  relationships,  q 
function  of  time  whose  frequency  function  is  a  repetitive  version  of  some 


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6. 


desired  (non-periodic)  function.  Consider  s  network  characterized  by 
an  impulse  response  h(t)  and  a  frequency  transfer  function  H(f)  with 
the  desired  amplitude  and  phase  response  over  a  band  of  frequencies  Wy. 
Since  H(f)  is  to  be  used  only  over  the  band  Wp,  we  can  set  H(f)  equal  to 
zero  outside  this  band,  as  shown  in  Figure  2. 


H(f)  is  the  Fourier  transform  of  a  real  function,  and  therefore  it  must 
be  conjugate  synnetric.  If  it  were  not  for  the  image  component  of  H(f) 
at  -f  ,  we  could  form  the  Rep*.  H(f)  in  order  to  obtain  a  periodic  function 
of  frequency!  The  desired  result  can  be  obtained  by  carrying  out  the 
following  steps: 


^  For  discussion  of  the  Rep  and  Comb  operations,  see  P.  H.  Woodward, 
loc.  cit.,  p.  28. 


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1.  Replace  h(t)  by  hc(t),  so  that  the  frequency  transfer  function 
is  zero  for  f<0. 


h(t)  -  hc(t)  -  \  h(t)  +  ~  j#h(t) 

2.  Make  the  resulting  frequency  function  periodic  by  performing 
Repy^  on  Hc(f).  As  Woodward  shows,  the  operation  Rejty  in  the 
frequency  domain  corresponds  to  the  operation  (1/Wp)  Comb^y^  in 


the  time  domain, 
proportionality, 


The  result  is,  omitting  constants  of 


CombT  [h(t)]  +  j  CombT  ^h(t)]  (Tj 


i/wF) 


This  impulse  response  as  it  stands  is  not  satisfactory  because 
it  is  not  real.  We  must  make  the  frequency  function  of  this 
waveform  conjugate  symmetric  by  mapping  the  frequency  spectrum 
to  zero  for  negative  frequencies  and  taking  the  real  part  of 
the  resulting  time  waveform. 

3.  We  map  the  negative  frequency  part  of  the  frequency  function  of 
the  above  time  waveform  to  zero.  For  any  time  waveform  (real  or 
complex)  this  result  can  be  obtained  by  adding  to  it  J  times  the 
Hilbert  transform  of  the  time  waveform. 

The  result  is 

CombT  [h(t)J  +  j  CombT  j?/  h(t)J 


+  .#/combT  [h(t)^|  -^CombT  h(t)J 
F  F 

4.  The  above  waveform  has  a  frequency  function  with  the  desired 
repetitive  character  for  positive  frequencies.  Because  the 
frequency  function  is  zero  for  negative  frequencies,  the  wave¬ 
form  is  the  complex  representation  of  a  real  waveform  which  is 
obtained  by  taking  twice  the  real  part.  Ignoring  constants  of 
proportionality,  as  before,  we  have  the  desired  impulse  response 
h*(t) 


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8. 


h'(t)  -  CombT  [h(t)J  -  ?/CombT  |?{h(t)~) 

F  F 

In  order  to  see  how  this  impulse  response  can  be  realized  with  a 
tapped  delay  line,  let  us  consider  the  Comb  operation.  The  Comb  opera¬ 
tion,  as  defined  by  Woodward,  multiplies  the  time  waveform  by  an  infinite 
series  of  uniformly  spaced  delta  functions. 


CombT  [h(t)J  -  h(t)  £  6(t-kTF) 

F 

«.  on 

GO 

-  £  h(krF)  6  (t-KTF) 

«•  oo 

where  the  summations  are  over  the  index  k.  This  impulse  response  consists 

of  a  weighted  sequence  of  6-  functions  and  it  can  be  realized  with  a 

tapped  delay  line  where  the  output  of  the  kth  tap  is  weighted  with  amplitude 

h(kT_).  Writing  out  the  expression  for  h1,  we  have 
F 

oo  oo 

h'(t)  “Ihk6(t'kV  "^[IV(t*krF)] 

•  OD  -  00 

where  we  have  abbreviated  h^  *  h(kT^)  and  h^  *  ?/h(kTp). 

Regarding  the  problem  of  realizability,  the  first  term  in  the  expression 
for  h*(t)  will  be  zero  for  negative  t,  but  the  second  term  in  the  expression 
for  h*(t)  is  not  necessarily  zero  for  negative  t.  The  reason  for  this  is 
that  the  Hilbert  transform  of  a  function  which  is  zero  for  negative  t  yields 
a  function  of  time  which  is  not,  in  general,  zero  for  negative  t.  We  have 
seen  earlier  that  the  Hilbert  transform  operation  is  equivalent  to  passing 
the  waveform  through  a  linear  filter  with  non-reallzable  Impulse  response 
1/nt  and  so  this  result  is  not  surprising.  However,  as  mentioned  earlier, 
the  Hilbert  transform  can  be  closely  approximated  by  a  realizable  filter  if 
sufficiently  large  time  delays  are  allowed.  For  example,  consider  a  filter 
with  an  impulse  response  ^(t-T)^"1  for  t>0  ,  and  zero  for  t<0.  This 
function  is  plotted  in  Figure  3. 


FIGURE  3 


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10. 


This  Impulse  response  is  a  truncated  version  of  a  Hilbert  transformer  In 
series  with  a  time  delay  T,  the  effects  of  the  truncation  becoming  smaller 
as  T  becomes  larger.  We  assume  in  the  discussion  which  follows  that  this 


type  of  approximation  is  used  for  the  Hilbert  transform  wherever  it  occurs 
and  that  sufficient  time  delay  is  introduced  where  necessary  to  maintain 


realizability  of  the  required  impulse  responses.  We  assume,  in  particular, 
that  h(t)  has  been  delayed  sufficiently  so  that  both  h^  and  are  zero 
for  k  <  0. 


The  tapped  delay  line  realization  of  h'(t)  is  shown  in  Figure  4. 

As  we  have  pointed  out  earlier,  the  operation  gives  a  broad-band 
+  90°  phase  shift.  A  somewhat  more  practical  scheme  may  be  to  use  at  the 
outputs  of  the  adder  channels  two  broadband  +  45°  phase  shifters  as  shown 
in  Figure  5.  Here  a  sufficient  (but  equal)  time  delay  is  assumed  to  be 
included  in  both  phase  shifters  so  that  they  can  be  accurately  realized 
over  the  frequency  band  of  interest. 

In  effect,  we  can  view  the  operation  on  the  output  of  each  delay  line 
tap  as  an  amplitude  weighting  a^  and  a  phase  shift  0^,  where 


hk  *  \  cos  K 

^k  -  ak  8in  0k 


K  -  tan'x<Vhk> 


It  Is  useful  to  work  out  the  expression  for  the  frequency  response  of  the 
tapped  delay  line,  H'(f),  in  terms  of  the  coefficients  a^  and  0^.  H'(f) 
is  found  by  taking  the  Fourier  transform  of  the  expression  obtained  earlier 


for  h'(t) . 


FIGURE  4 


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FIGURE  5 


oo 

H'(f)  -  J  h,(t)e'J2nft  dt 

-  00 


I 


V 


-j2TTfkrF 


+  J 


■j2nfierF 


-I- 


j0k  -j2TTfwrF 

e  e 


As  expected,  this  function  is  periodic  in  frequency  with  period 
Noting  the  orthogonality  relation 


f  +  * 

o 


; 


J2TTf  (m-k)Tp 
2 


d£ 


iAF 


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13. 


where  m  and  k  are  integers,  the  expression  for  H'(f)  can  be  used  to  find 
a^  and  0^  in  terms  of  H 1 ( f ) . 

f0*  V  wt 

-  J  H(£)e)2"£klF  « 

V  4  "p 

The  prime  has  been  left  off  the  H(f)  because  H*(f)  *  H(f)  over  the  region 
of  integration  (again  ignoring  constants  of  proportionality).  Taking  the 
real  and  imaginary  parts  of  both  sides,  we  obtain 


j0lt  p  j;mrKi-F 

h^  ■  Re  (a^e  )  ■  Be  J  H(f)e  df 


j  2rrf  kTF 


*0“  ^  Wf 


\  -  ti»n(akeJ<}k)  =  <£»t[  H(  f)1 


fo+  *  WF 


J2nfkTp 


df 


V*wr 


Thus  it  is  seen  that  the  requf/?.d  tap  weightings,  h^  and  can  be 
easily  computed  from  the  required  H(f). 

The  tapped  line  has  a  frequency  response  which  is  equal  to  the 
desired  frequency  response  H(f)  in  the  band  of  interest,  and  is  periodic 
in  frequency  with  period  equal  to  the  reciprocal  of  the  delay  line  tap 
spacing.  The  behavior  of  the  network  frequency  response  over  the  band 
of  interest  depends  only  on  these  tap  weightings.  Since  these  tap 
weightings  can  be  obtained  from  a  set  of  potentiometer  adjustments,  the 
response  of  the  line  can  be  changed  easily  by  readjusting  these  pots. 
With  the  aid  of  a  high  quality  quarts  delay  line  having  many  taps,  one 
should  be  able  to  synthesize  a  very  complicated  network  characteristic. 


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14. 


It  should  be  noted  that  this  tapped  delay  line  method  ot  filter  synthesis 
is  perfectly  general;  Its  use  is  not  restricted  to  the  synthesis  of 
dispersive  networks  only. 

Suppose  we  wish  to  utilize  the  characteristics  of  this  filter  over 
only  one  of  these  frequency  periods.  The  situation  Is  shown  schematically 
in  Figure  6.  Hfl(f)  denotes  the  frequency  response  of  a  band  selection  filter. 


I M* (f)l 


In  the  ebove  plot  only  the  amplitude  of  the  frequency  response  has  been 
shown.  A  similar  plot  could  be  shown  indicating  the  repetitive  phase  shift 
characteristics  of  the  network.  That  portion  of  the  frequency  response 
which  we  desire  to  use  can  be  extracted  by  means  of  the  band  selection 
filter  H#(f)  with  a  linear  phase  and  a  constant  amplitude  characteristic 
over  the  region  in  which  H'(f)  differs  appreciably  from  aero,  but  which 


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15. 


drops  off  sufficiently  rapidly  to  exclude  responses  from  neighboring 
bands • 

More  generally,  we  can  consider  the  desired  H(f)  to  be  decomposed 

into  the  product  H'(f)*H  (f),  where  H*(f)  is  realized  with  a  tapped  delay 

s 

line  and  Hs(f)  represents  the  band  selection  filter.  In  this  manner 

the  non  ideal  characteristics  of  H  (f)  can  be  compensated  somewhat  by 

s 

adjustment  of  H*(f).  Thus  the  burden  of  accurately  approximating  H(f) 

can  be  shared  between  both  H*(f)  and  H  (f),  though  most  of  the  burden 

s 

will  probably  still  fall  on  H*(f)  because  of  its  ease  of  adjustment. 

The  number  of  taps  required  on  the  line  depends  on  the  nature  of 

the  filter  we  are  attempting  to  synthesize.  If  the  filter  response  is 

identically  zero  outside  of  some  band,  then  an  infinite  number  of  taps 

are  required,  in  principle.  However,  if  the  filter  response  is  smoothly 

tapered  over  this  band,  then  only  a  finite  number  of  these  tap  weightings 

will  differ  appreciably  from  zero  and  a  good  approximation  to  the  desired 

filter  response  can  be  had  by  utilizing  a  delay  line  with  only  a  finite 

number  of  taps.  The  filter  impulse  response,  including  the  band  selection 

filter,  can  occupy  at  most  a  band  of  width  W^,  in  frequency  and  approximately 

NT„  *  N/VL,  in  time.  The  time -bandwidth  product  of  the  filter  impulse 
r  r 

response  can  at  most  be  equal  to  the  product  of  these  quantities  which  is 
simply  N,  the  number  of  taps  on  the  line.  The  practical  design  problems 
in  obtaining  a  band  selection  filter,  and  the  approximation  problem  associated 
with  truncating  the  number  of  taps  on  the  delay  line  will  result  in  a  filter 
impulse  response  whose  time -bandwidth  product  is  somewhat  less  than  N. 

The  tapped  delay  line  realization  of  the  repetitive  filter  is  valid 
at  all  frequencies  from  zero  to  infinity.  In  practice,  the  device  would 
have  a  bandwidth  limited  by  the  frequency  response  of  the  delay  line  employed. 
If  a  band  selection  filter  were  used,  it  would  probably  be  centered  on  the 
center  frequency  of  the  bandpass  tapped  delay  line. 

Sometimes  it  is  desirable  to  use  a  tapped  delay  line  whose  center 
frequency  is  zero,  i.e.  a  lowpass  line.  A  number  of  commercially  available 


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distributed  parameter  electrical  delay  lines  are  of  this  type*  In  order 
to  see  how  the  desired  response  can  be  realized  with  tapped  lowpass  delay 
lines,  let  us  write  the  impulse  response  h(t)  in  the  form 

h(t)  *  u(t)  cos  WQt  -  v(t)  sin  uu^t 

If  h(t)  is  assumed  to  be  bandlimited  to  the  region  (-2uuo,  2uT),  then 
u(t)  and  v(t)  will  have  a  finite  spectrum  only  in  the  frequency  range 
(-uuo>  uoq)  .  Noting  the  relations  proved  earlier, 

^  [u(t)  cos  V]  «  u(t)  sin  uu^t 

9f[  v(t)  sin  WQtJ  *  •  v(t)  cos  uu^t 
the  desired  impulse  response  h'(t)  can  be  written 


h'(t)  -  CombT  [h(t)J  -  ^Comhj  j^h(t)] 

F  F 

*  CombT  [u(t)  cos  u^t  -  v(t)  sin  uUQt  J 
F 

-VComb^  ^(u(t)  cos  U)Qt  -  v(t)  sin  U)Qt/] 


*  cos  uu^t  Comb^  u(t)  - 
F 

-^£aln  ouQt  Combj,  u(t) 


sin  (JU^t  Combtj,  v(t) 


+  cos  u>  t 
o 


Comb^,  v(t)J 


Now,  If  Comb^  u(t)  and  Comb^  v(t)  were  functions  whose  spectra  were 
confined  to  the  frequency  range  (*ouQ,  ouq)  ,  the  could  be  brought  Into  the 
bracket  in  the  last  term  according  to  the  rule.  The  Comb  operator,  of  course, 


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gives  an  infinite  bandwidth,  but  suppose  we  consider  a  Comb  operator  which 
has  been  filtered  so  as  to  eliminate  all  but  the  very  low  frequency  com¬ 
ponents.  We  shall  denote  this  operator  by  Comb^  .  As  a  practical  matter, 
the  Comb  operation  which  can  be  realized  with  a  lapped  delay  line  is 
limited  in  this  way  because  of  the  finite  bandwidth  of  the  delay  line. 
Recalling  that  the  Comb  operation  involves  multiplication  in  the  time 
domain,  the  bandwidth  occupied  by  Comb^  u(t)  is  equal  to  the  sum  of  the 
bandwldths  occupied  by  CombJl  and  u(t).F  Provided  that  the  carrier 
frequency  U)o  is  chosen  to  be  larger  than  the  resulting  bandwidth,  W 
can  be  brought  into  the  bracket  according  to  the  rule.  Combining 
coefficients  of  cos  'JU^t  and  sin  (JUQt ,  we  have  the  simple  result,  ignoring 
constants  of  proportionality  as  usual, 

h*(t)  *  cos  w  t  ComUl  u(t)  -  sin  U)  t  Comb*  v(t) 

0  F  0  F 

Here  the  desired  impulse  response  is  repetitive  in  frequency,  but  this 
repetition  extends  only  over  the  bandwidth  of  the  delay  line.  As  before, 
the  Comb  operations  can  be  realized  with  the  aid  of  tapped  lines,  where 
the  tap  weightings  are  equal  to  sampled  values  of  the  function  in  question. 
We  denote  uk  =  u(kTp)  and  v^  =  v(kTp) .  A  method  for  realizing  h’(t)  using 

tapped  delay  lines  is  shown  in  Figure  7.  It  can  be  easily  shown  that 

/ 

all  time-varying  terms  in  the  impulse  response  of  this  system  are  zero. 

The  configuration  shown  requires  two  lowpass  delay  lines,  but  no  Hilbert 
transformers  are  necessary.  If  the  band  over  which  the  frequency  response 
should  be  repetitive  has  width  W,  the  delay  lines  should  have  a  bandwidth 


Let  us  consider  now  how  the  tapped  delay  line  network  can  be  used  in 
the  synthesis  of  a  linear  FM  pulse  compression  network  with  large  TW  product. 
The  required  group  delay  versus  frequency  characteristic  is  repeated  in 
Figure  8.  This  characteristic  can  be  resolved  into  the  sum  of  the  two  time 
delay  versus  frequency  characteristics  shown  in  Figure  9. 


FIGURE  7 


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20. 


The  sawtooth  function  is  periodic  in  f  end  hence  could  be  realized 
with  the  aid  of  a  tapped  line.  The  staircase  function  also  suggests 
the  use  of  a  tapped  delay  line  with  uniformly  spaced  taps  spaced  Tq 
apart  and  with  a  band  selection  filter  of  width  Wq  at  the  output  of 
each  tap.  Each  of  theso  networks  would  have  to  be  all-pass,  l.e.  have 
uniform  amplitude  characteristic  across  the  band,  and  the  desired  group 
delay  characteristic  would  be  obtained  by  cascading  these  two  networks 
In  series. 

As  a  practical  matter  It  Is  not  possible  to  construct  band  selection 
filters  which  are  perfectly  rectangular  and  a  repetitive  filter  which  Is 
a  perfect  sawtooth.  One  method  which  might  prove  satisfactory  would  be 
to  use  a  set  of  amplitude  selection  filters,  somewhat  overlapping,  to 
partition  the  signal  band  Into  a  number  of  frequency  bands,  as  shown  In 
Figure  10.  The  output  of  each  filter  could  be  translated  In  frequency 


SET  OF  AMPLITUDE  SELECTION  FILTERS 


FIGURE  10 

•o  as  to  obtain  a  set  of  equally  spaced  but  non  overlapping  bands  as  shown 
in  Figure  11.  Each  band  can  be  delayed  an  amount  proportional  to  Its 


L  A/VAAA/lAAAyi  , 


FIGURE  II 


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frequency ,  the  results  added  and  passed  through  a  repetitive  network 
with  the  desired  dispersive  characteristic  for  each  band.  The  result 
can  be  resolved  back  down  into  its  separate  frequency  components  with 
a  set  of  band-selection  filters,  and  the  resulting  bands  can  be 
translated  so  they  once  again  occupy  adjacent  positions  in  frequency, 
as  shown  in  Figure  10. 

If  the  amplitude  selection  filters  are  reasonably  tapered  and 
reasonably  closely  spaced,  the  overall  amplitude  characteristic  should 
be  almost  flat.  The  repetitive  network  need  only  have  its  nearly  saw¬ 
tooth  character  within  the  bands  where  substantial  signal  exists  and 
therefore  the  requirements  imposed  upon  the  repetitive  network  can  be 
relaxed  considerably. 

Other  arrangements  can  be  used  employing  one  or  several  repetitive 
networks  which  will  allow  us  to  obtain  the  desired  dispersive 
characteristics  over  several  frequency  bands  simultaneously.  The  above 
arrangement  is  meant  to  serve  only  as  an  example.  The  application  of 
repetitive  networks  to  the  realization  of  this  type  of  pulse  compression 
system  will  require  much  further  study. 

Acknowledgement 

The  author  wishes  to  acknowledge  helpful  discussions  relating  to 
the  subject  material  of  this  report  with  Mr.  E.  L.  Key  and  Mr.  R.  W.  Jacobus. 


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