球面阵列基线测向算法的误差分析-中南大学学报.pdf

46 9 ( ) Vol.46 No.9 2015 9 Journal of Central South University (Science and Technology) Sep. 2015 DOI: 10.11817/j.issn.1672-7207.2015.09.022 ( 150001) 3 3 () TN911 A 1672−7207(2015)09−3317−08 Direction finding error of spatial baseline algorithm based on spherical array SI Weijian, ZHAO Pinjiao, LIU Lutao (College of Information and Communication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China) Abstract: To deal with the scenario that the placement form of antennas is single and the placement space of antennas is finite, which is common in traditional spatial baseline algorithm, a novel algorithm based on spherical array was proposed. Firstly, the phase difference expressions of incident signal impinging on the different antennas were deduced on the basis of simple geometric theory. Then, nonlinear equations consisting of three phase-error formulas were solved by taking advantages of the memory gradient method, and the direction of arrival (DOA) of the incident signal was obtained. Finally, through derivation and simplification of error formulas of azimuth angle and elevation angle in the spherical coordinates, it was proved that when three antenna arrays were placed in the biggest circle, the di