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The well-known array geometries used in DOA estimation are uniform linear array (ULA), uniform circular array (UCA), and rectangular grid array (RGA). In these geometries, the neighboring elements are separated by a fixed distance \u03bb\/2 (\u03bb is the wavelength), which does not perform well for d greater than \u03bb\/2. Uniform rectangular arrays introduce grating lobes, which cause poor DOA estimation performance, especially for wideband sources. Random sampling arrays are sometimes practically not realizable. Periodic geometries require numerous sensors. Based on the minimization of the number of sensors, this paper developed a novel pentagram array to address the problem of DOA estimation of wideband sources. The array has a fixed number of elements with variable element spacing and is abbreviated as (FNEVES), which offers a new idea for array design. In this study, the geometric structure is designed and mathematically analyzed. Also, a DOA signal model is designed based on a spherical radar coordinate system to derive its steering manifold matrix. The DOA estimation performance comparison with ULA and UCA geometries under the multiple signal classification (MUSIC) algorithm using different wideband scenarios is presented. For further investigation, more simulations are realized using the minimum variance distortionless (MVDR) technique (CAPON) and the subtracting signal subspace (SSS) algorithm. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed geometry compared to its counterparts. In addition, the SSS, through the simulations, provided better results than the MUSIC and CAPON methods.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16030535","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,31]],"date-time":"2024-01-31T09:56:34Z","timestamp":1706694994000},"page":"535","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Pentagram Arrays: A New Paradigm for DOA Estimation of Wideband Sources Based on Triangular Geometry"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-9043-3734","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mohammed","family":"Khalafalla","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3478-7916","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kaili","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}]},{"given":"Kailun","family":"Tian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}]},{"given":"Hancong","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}]},{"given":"Ying","family":"Xiong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}]},{"given":"Bin","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,31]]},"reference":[{"unstructured":"Chandran, S. 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