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datestamp: 2011-04-22
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creators_name: Poli, Lorenzo
creators_name: Rocca, Paolo
creators_name: Manica, Luca
creators_name: Massa, Andrea
title: Time modulated planar arrays: Analysis and optimization of the sideband radiations
ispublished: pub
subjects: TU
full_text_status: public
keywords: array time modulation control , closed-form expression , particle swarm optimiser , power losses minimisation , pulse sequences , sideband radiation optimisation , time-modulated planar array
abstract: In this study, the minimisation of the power losses because of undesired sideband radiations in time-modulated planar arrays is dealt with. A closed-form expression for evaluating the total power wasted in the sideband radiations is obtained and exploited to design a new procedure based on a particle swarm optimiser for the synthesis of the pulse sequences devoted to control the array time modulation. A set of representative results is reported and analysed to assess the effectiveness of the proposed approach. "This paper is a postprint of a paper submitted to and accepted for publication in IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation and is subject to Institution of Engineering and Technology Copyright. The copy of record is available at IET Digital Library".
date: 2011-01
date_type: published
institution: University of Trento
department: informaticat
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Poli, Lorenzo and Rocca, Paolo and Manica, Luca and Massa, Andrea  (2011) Time modulated planar arrays: Analysis and optimization of the sideband radiations.  [Technical Report]     
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