The invention discloses a large-scale
hybrid beam forming array construction method based on a passive beam forming network, and belongs to the field of
radio frequency systems. According to the method, the array is divided into a plurality of active sub-modules (each sub-module comprises a
radiation unit array, a passive beam forming network, a multi-channel
radio frequency module and a digital-to-analog conversion module), and the layered beam forming technology of a digital
baseband processing module is combined, so that the balance of high performance and
low complexity is realized. The method specifically comprises the following steps: 1) dividing a
coverage space into a plurality of sub-regions by using a passive beam forming network, localizing a digital beam forming matrix into a block
diagonal matrix, and reducing the calculation amount; 2) a large-scale array is constructed through flexible expansion of sub-modules, and full-aperture
gain is ensured; and 3) the
radio frequency channels of the idle sub-regions are dynamically turned off so as to save
energy consumption. In scenes such as 5G / 6G
millimeter wave communication,
radar imaging and the like, the
system power consumption and the calculation complexity are remarkably reduced, and meanwhile, the performance of a full-digital beam forming array is approached.