Radix-2 Self-Recursive Sparse Factorizations of Delay Vandermonde Matrices for Wideband Multi-Beam Antenna Arrays

Abstract

This paper presents a self-contained factorization for the Vandermonde matrices associated with true-time delay based wideband analog multi-beam beamforming using antenna arrays. The proposed factorization contains sparse and orthogonal matrices. Novel self-recursive radix-2 algorithms for Vandermonde matrices associated with true time delay based delay-sum filterbanks are presented to reduce the circuit complexity of multi-beam analog beamforming systems. The proposed algorithms for Vandermonde matrices by a vector attain $\mathcal{O}(N \log N)$ delay-amplifier circuit counts. Error bounds for the Vandermode matrices associated with true-time delay are established and then analyzed for numerical stability. The potential for real-world circuit implementation of the proposed algorithms will be shown through signal flow graphs that are the starting point for high-frequency analog circuit realizations.