• DocumentCode
    1033255
  • 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
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    611
  • Lastpage
    612
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19870438
  • Filename
    4257771