?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F469%2F&rft.title=An+Excitation+Matching+Procedure+for+Sub-Arrayed+Monopulse+Arrays+with+Maximum+Directivity&rft.creator=Manica%2C+Luca&rft.creator=Rocca%2C+Paolo&rft.creator=Massa%2C+Andrea&rft.subject=TU+Technical+Reports+and+Publications&rft.description=In+this+paper%2C+the+maximization+of+the+directivity+of+compromise+difference+patterns+in+subarrayed+monopulse+linear+array+antennas+with+optimum+sum+mode+is+addressed+by+means+of+a+two-stage+excitation+matching+procedure.+The+knowledge+of+the+independently+optimum+difference+excitations%2C+which+provide+the+maximum+directivity%2C+is+exploited+with+an+efficient+matching+technique+based+on+the+contiguous+partition+method.+Simple+and+reliable+compromise+solutions%2C+characterized+by+a+reduced+complexity+as+well+as+easier+antenna+manufacturing%2C+are+synthesized+to+assess+the+effectiveness+of+the+proposed+method+also+in+comparison+with+state-of-the-art+methods+devoted+to+the+directivity+maximization.+This+paper+is+a+postprint+of+a+paper+submitted+to+and+accepted+for+publication+in+Radar%2C+Sonar+%26+Navigation+and+is+subject+to+Institution+of+Engineering+and+Technology+Copyright.+The+copy+of+record+is+available+at+IET+Digital+Library.&rft.date=2009-02&rft.type=Technical+Report&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F469%2F1%2FDISI-11-038.pdf&rft.identifier=++Manica%2C+Luca+and+Rocca%2C+Paolo+and+Massa%2C+Andrea++(2009)+An+Excitation+Matching+Procedure+for+Sub-Arrayed+Monopulse+Arrays+with+Maximum+Directivity.++%5BTechnical+Report%5D+++++