Spatial aliasing in spherical microphone arrays

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Abstract

Performance of microphone arrays at the high-frequency range is typically limited by aliasing, which is a result of the spatial sampling process. This paper presents analysis of aliasing for spherical microphone arrays, which have been recently studied for a range of applications. The paper presents theoretical analysis of spatial aliasing for various sphere sampling configurations, showing how high-order spherical harmonic coefficients are aliased into the lower orders. Spatial antialiasing filters on the sphere are then introduced, and the performance of spatially constrained filters is compared to that of the ideal antialiasing filter. A simulation example shows how the effect of aliasing on the beam pattern can be reduced by the use of the antialiasing filters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1003-1010
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Volume55
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2007

Keywords

  • Array processing
  • Spatial aliasing
  • Spherical Fourier transform
  • Spherical microphone arrays
  • Spherical sampling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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