A new non-uniform diagonal loading beamforming algorithm is proposed to solve the problem that the general diagonal loading method
which is utilized in array antenna receiving signal process to suppress the influence of noise
loads all kinds of signals with the same loading factor and shallows the null. The proposed method chooses different loading factors for different signals according to eigenvalues of the received signal covariance matrix
and then a generalized loading matrix with the selected loading factors is reconstructed to deal with the received signal. The beamforming vector is finally obtained through the Capon algorithm. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm eliminates the influence of noise and broaden the null to a depth of 50 dB. Moreover
the ratio of the desired signal to noise of the input signal is decreased through the non-uniform loading. When the DOA error of the desired signal is 2°
the output SINR of the proposed method is 10 dB bigger than that of the general diagonal loading method. Therefore
the proposed method has a better robust performance.
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