A broadside small array microphone beamforming apparatus comprises first
and second omni-directional microphones, a microphone calibration unit,
and a directional microphone forming unit. The first and second
omni-directional microphones respectively convert voice from a desired
near-end talker into first and second signals. The second and first
omni-directional microphones and the desired near-end talker are
respectively arranged at three points of a triangle. The microphone
calibration unit receives the first and second signals and
correspondingly outputs first and second calibration signals. The
directional microphone forming unit receives the first and second
calibration signals to generate a first directional microphone signal
with a bidirectional polar pattern. The adaptive channel decoupling unit
receives the first calibration signal and the first directional
microphone signal to generate a first main channel signal and a first
reference channel signal for noise detection.