?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F324%2F&rft.title=A+PSO-Driven+Spline-Based+Shaping+Approach+for+Ultra-Wideband+(UWB)+Antenna+Synthesis&rft.creator=Lizzi%2C+Leonardo&rft.creator=Viani%2C+Federico&rft.creator=Azaro%2C+Renzo&rft.creator=Massa%2C+Andrea&rft.subject=TU+Technical+Reports+and+Publications&rft.description=Synthesis+of+ultrawideband+(UWB)+antennas+by+means+of+a+particle+swarm+optimizer+(PSO)-driven+spline-based+shaping+approach+is+described.+In+order+to+devise+a+reliable+and+effective+solution%2C+such+a+topic+is+analyzed+according+to+different+perspectives%3A+1)+representation+of+the+antenna+shape+with+a+simple+and+efficient+description%3B+2)+definition+of+a+suitable+description+of+the+UWB+Tx%2FRx+system%3B+3)+formulation+of+the+synthesis+problem+in+terms+of+an+optimization+one%3B+4)+integration+of+the+modelling+of+the+UWB+system+into+a+computationally+efficient+minimization+procedure.+As+a+result%2C+an+innovative+synthesis+technique+based+on+the+PSO-based+iterative+evolution+of+suitable+shape+descriptors+is+carefully+detailed.+To+assess+the+effectiveness+of+the+proposed+method%2C+a+set+of+representative+numerical+simulations+are+performed+and+the+results+are+compared+with+the+measurements+from+experimental+prototypes+built+according+to+the+design+specifications+coming+from+the+optimization+procedure.+To+focus+on+the+main+advantages+and+features+of+the+proposed+approach%2C+comparisons+with+the+results+obtained+with+a+standard+parametric+approach+are+reported%2C+as+well.+(c)+2008+IEEE.+Personal+use+of+this+material+is+permitted.+Permission+from+IEEE+must+be+obtained+for+all+other+users%2C+including+reprinting%2F+republishing+this+material+for+advertising+or+promotional+purposes%2C+creating+new+collective+works+for+resale+or+redistribution+to+servers+or+lists%2C+or+reuse+of+any+copyrighted+components+of+this+work+in+other+works.&rft.date=2008-08&rft.type=Technical+Report&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F324%2F1%2FDISI-11-044.R152.pdf&rft.identifier=++Lizzi%2C+Leonardo+and+Viani%2C+Federico+and+Azaro%2C+Renzo+and+Massa%2C+Andrea++(2008)+A+PSO-Driven+Spline-Based+Shaping+Approach+for+Ultra-Wideband+(UWB)+Antenna+Synthesis.++%5BTechnical+Report%5D+++++