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However, most of these methods face performance degradation due to grid mismatch, which impedes their application in bistatic clutter suppression. Some gridless methods, such as atomic norm minimization (ANM), can effectively address grid mismatch issues, yet they are sensitive to parameter settings and array errors. In this article, the authors propose a data and model-driven algorithm that unfolds the iterative process of atomic norm minimization into a deep network. This approach establishes a concrete and systematic link between iterative algorithms, extensively utilized in signal processing, and deep neural networks. This methodology not only addresses the challenges associated with parameter settings in traditional optimization algorithms, but also mitigates the lack of interpretability issues commonly found in deep neural networks. Moreover, due to more rational parameter settings, the proposed algorithm achieves effective clutter suppression with fewer iterations, thereby reducing computational time. 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