Method for calibrating an acoustic antenna (10), the acoustic antenna comprising a plurality of acoustic transducers (11k), each acoustic
transducer being capable of emitting an electrical
signal (sk) under the effect of the detection of an
acoustic wave, the antenna comprising elementary transducers (11k) being distributed along an antenna line or an antenna plane, around a reference
transducer (110), the antenna defining a principal axis (Y0), passing through the reference
transducer, and perpendicular to the antenna line or the antenna plane, the method comprising the following steps: a) disposition of a calibration source (5) in at least one position (r0, rj) relative to the antenna, the calibration source being capable of emitting a calibration
acoustic wave (6); b) measurement of the signals (sk) generated by all or part of the elementary transducers in response to the calibration
acoustic wave;c) from the measurements taken in step b), determination of a time phase shift (p0k,n, pk,j) of the
signal respectively generated by each elementary transducer; d) repetition of steps a) to c) such that during at least one iteration, the position of the calibration source is considered to be centered on the principal axis; the method comprising an
estimation of a phase shift (Φk) of each elementary transducer with respect to the reference transducer. Figure 2B.