The application provides a multi-
octave phased array design method based on a heterogeneous antenna combination, which comprises the following steps: step 1, constructing a high-frequency array; step 2, constructing a medium-frequency array; step 3, constructing a low-frequency array; step 4, constructing a multi-stage subarray synthesis switch network, or configuring an AD / DA module after each
array element channel in a full-channel
digital array manner, so that the sampled data after
discretization is digitally beam synthesized according to the equivalent
array element relationship; and step 5, configuring corresponding working
frequency band components according to the antenna type, and configuring AD / DA modules according to the subarray output of each
frequency band. The method improves the
gain utilization rate of the
system in the multi-
octave working
frequency band, reduces the number of hardware channels without reducing the effective
radiation power and sensitivity, compresses the equipment cost, meets the balance between the
array gain and the number of channels of the
system, and changes the characteristic that the efficiency of a single antenna at
low frequency is always lower than that at
high frequency.