Title :
Experimental study of mutual coupling compensation in direction finding using a compact antenna array
Author :
Lui, Hoi-Shun ; Yu, Yantao ; Hui, Hon T. ; Leong, Mook S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signals & Syst., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
An experimental study of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation using a compact antenna array is presented. Compared to standard antenna array with a half wavelength element separation, the element separation of the compact array used in this experiment is only a quarter wavelength. As will be demonstrated, the strong mutual coupling effect of this compact array can be almost totally removed by using the measured receiving mutual impedances, resulting in much higher accuracies in the estimation of DOAs.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; direction-of-arrival estimation; compact antenna array; direction-of-arrival estimation; half wavelength element separation; mutual coupling compensation; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Direction of arrival estimation; Directive antennas; Impedance measurement; Loaded antennas; MIMO; Mutual coupling; Receiving antennas; Wavelength measurement; Antenna Array; Direction-of-Arrival Estimations; Mutual Coupling; Receiving Mutual Impedances;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetic Compatibility (APEMC), 2010 Asia-Pacific Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5621-5
DOI :
10.1109/APEMC.2010.5475749
