Title :
Minimisation of mutual coupling effect on doa estimation by using guard elements
Author :
Lo, K.W. ; Vu, T.B.
Author_Institution :
University of New South Wales, School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Sydney, Australia
Abstract :
The accuracy of the direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation using a receiving phased array is degraded by the mutual coupling between the antenna elements. It is shown that by putting guard elements on each end of a linear array the DOA estimate error is reduced.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; antenna theory; errors; receiving antennas; DOA estimation; direction-of-arrival; error reduction; guard elements; linear array; mutual coupling effect; receiving phased array;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870438
