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Abstract

A new compensation method for the mutual coupling of adaptive antenna arrays composed of wire elements is introduced. For the antenna array composed of wire elements, the new compensation method can decouple the terminal voltages with high accuracy for both the 1-D incident signals and 2-D incident signals. The new compensation method is based on the mutual coupling grid and the transient mutual coupling coefficient proposed in this paper. By contrast with the CMIM and RMIM, the new compensation method can provide better compensation for the DOA estimations. Even for the ultra compact antenna array and the incident signals inclined with respect to the azimuth the new compensation method can work well. The numerical results verify the validity and the effectiveness of the new compensation method.

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Dr. Qiulin Huang

Dr. Hongxing Zhou

Professor Xiao-Wei Shi