| Summary: | According to the structural characteristics of non-uniform dual circular array (NDCA), a new method is proposed to solve the problem of mutual coupling error. In this algorithm, solving the mutual coupling problem of NDCA can be equivalent to solving that of non-uniform linear array (NLA). Firstly, the mutual coupling matrix is divided into several blocks. Then, each sub-block can be decomposed into the sum of several matrices with special characteristics by matrix addition method. As a result, the signal angles and mutual coupling coefficients can be conveniently decoupled. Compared with the iterative self-calibration algorithm, the proposed algorithm has a small amount of calculation. Moreover, it neither requires any prior information nor has problem of local convergence. The new method can accurately estimate the signal directions and mutual coupling coefficients.
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