针对现有时间维度波达方向(direction of arrival,DOA)估计方案中,时间调控速率受限导致目标信号频谱混叠的问题,提出了一种基于异步调控的DOA估计方法,该方法能够有效提升调控速率,进而提升信号处理的信号带宽。在不改变时间调控超表面(time-varying metasurface,TVM)硬件约束的情况下,该方法利用单元状态会持续一段时间的性质,交错不同列单元的变化起始时间,在一个状态持续时间内获得了多个不同的响应。异步调控方法能够使TVM在受材料限制的情况下,等效增加虚拟多通道个数,提高DOA估计的精度。仿真结果验证了方法的有效性,相较于现有的同步调控方法,新方法在DOA估计性能上有了较大提升,能够逼近理论上的最优DOA估计结果。
Sparse array design has significant implications for improving the accuracy of direction of arrival(DOA)estimation of non-circular(NC)signals.We propose an extended nested array with a filled sensor(ENAFS)based on the hole-filling strategy.Specifically,we first introduce the improved nested array(INA)and prove its properties.Subsequently,we extend the sum-difference coarray(SDCA)by adding an additional sensor to fill the holes.Thus the larger uniform degrees of freedom(uDOFs)and virtual array aperture(VAA)can be abtained,and the ENAFS is designed.Finally,the simulation results are given to verify the superiority of the proposed ENAFS in terms of DOF,mutual coupling and estimation performance.
