DOA ESTIMATION WITH SUB-ARRAY DIVIDED TECHNIQUE AND INTERPORLATED ESPRIT ALGORITHM ON A CYLINDRICAL CONFORMAL ARRAY ANTENNA
Peng Yang, Feng Yang, Zaiping Nie · Electromagnetic waves · 2010
Abstract—A novel DOA finding method for conformal array applications is proposed. By using sub-array divided and interpolation technique, ESPRIT-based algorithms can be used on conformal arrays for 1-D and 2-D DOA estimation. In this paper, the circular array mounted on a metallic cylindrical platform is divided to several subarrays, and each sub-array is transformed to virtual uniform linear array or virtual uniform planar array through interpolation technique. 1-D and 2-D direction of arrivals can be estimated accurately and quickly by using LS-ESPRIT and 2-D DFT-ESPRIT algorithms, respectively. This method can be applied not only to cylindrical conformal array but also to any other arbitrary curved conformal arrays. Validity of this method is proved by simulation results. 1.