HYPER-SCANNING DIGITAL BEAM FORMER

The present invention provides a hyper-scanning digital beam former, which includes a plurality of digitizing units (N) having respective inputs for receiving a respective signal from a plurality of elements of an antenna. The digitizing units are operably configured to digitally convert the element antenna signals at a first clock rate; a summing circuit having an input for receiving the digital signals from respective outputs of the digitizing units and operably configured to generate a plurality of output signals (M) by summing ones of the digital signals; and a channel processor having an input for receiving the M output signals and operably configured to process the M output signals at a second clock rate in which the second clock rate is at least M times faster than the first clock rate.