RESEARCH ARTICLE

New mutual coupling compensation method and its application in DOA estimation

  • Yujiang WU , 1 ,
  • Zaiping NIE 2
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  • 1. Tongyu Communication Equipment Co. Ltd., Zhongshan 528437, China
  • 2. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China

Published date: 05 Mar 2009

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2014 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Abstract

A new mutual coupling compensation method based on a new mutual impedance matrix, as well as its application to dipole arrays, are proposed. This new mutual impedance matrix is deduced by EMF method, based on the current distribution obtained by the characteristic basis function method. It appears in a concise and explicit formulation that facilitates the numerical calculation. The compensation performance is demonstrated and evaluated through its application in DOA estimation. Numerical results show that the proposed method exhibits excellent compensation performance compared with conventional mutual impedance matrix approaches.

Cite this article

Yujiang WU , Zaiping NIE . New mutual coupling compensation method and its application in DOA estimation[J]. Frontiers of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2009 , 4(1) : 47 -51 . DOI: 10.1007/s11460-009-0004-3

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Key Project of Guangdong-Hong Kong Critical Technology (No. 2007A090602002).
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