The embodiment of the present application provides a sparse
linear array design method and device. The method includes: first, determining multiple performance indicators of the sparse
linear array to be designed, the multiple performance indicators including the upper limit of aperture, the
lower limit of aperture, etc.; then, based on the multiple performance indicators, establishing a gridless sparse optimization model based on sidelobe control, and determining the optimized constant
diagonal matrix through the gridless sparse optimization model; then, based on the constant
diagonal matrix, using the root-finding multi-
signal classification Root‑MUSIC
algorithm to estimate the frequency of the atoms, and
processing the frequency by the
least squares method to obtain the weight of the atoms; then, based on a pre-established mapping relationship, converting the frequency and weight into the
array element position and excitation of the designed sparse
linear array. In this way, the grid mismatch problem existing in the traditional method is overcome by introducing the gridless sparse optimization method, and the constraint term of the
array aperture is added, so that the
array element position of the sparse linear array falls within the aperture.