?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F471%2F&rft.title=Design+of+Compromise+Sum-Difference+Patterns+through+the+Iterative+Contiguous+Partition+Method&rft.creator=Rocca%2C+Paolo&rft.creator=Manica%2C+Luca&rft.creator=Martini%2C+Anna&rft.creator=Massa%2C+Andrea&rft.subject=TU+Technical+Reports+and+Publications&rft.description=In+this+paper%2C+an+innovative+approach+for+the+synthesis+of+sub-arrayed+monopulse+linear+arrays+is+presented.+A+compromise+difference+pattern+is+obtained+through+an+optimal+excitations+matching+method+based+on+the+contiguous+partition+technique+integrated+in+an+iterative+procedure+ensuring%2C+at+the+same+time%2C+the+optimization+of+the+sidelobe+level+(or+other+beam+pattern+features).+The+flexibility+of+such+an+approach+allows+one+to+synthesize+various+difference+patterns+characterized+by+different+trade-off+between+angular+resolution+and+noise%2Finterferences+rejection+in+order+to+match+the+user-defined+requirements.+On+the+other+hand%2C+thanks+to+its+computational+efficiency%2C+synthesis+problems+concerned+with+large+arrays+are+easily+managed%2C+as+well.+An+exhaustive+numerical+validation+assesses+the+reliability+and+accuracy+of+the+method+pointing+out+the+improvements+upon+state-of-the-art+sub-arraying+techniques.+This+paper+is+a+postprint+of+a+paper+submitted+to+and+accepted+for+publication+in+Microwaves%2C+Antennas+%26+Propagation+and+is+subject+to+Institution+of+Engineering+and+Technology+Copyright.+The+copy+of+record+is+available+at+IET+Digital+Library.&rft.date=2009-01&rft.type=Technical+Report&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F471%2F1%2FDISI-11-035.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rocca%2C+Paolo+and+Manica%2C+Luca+and+Martini%2C+Anna+and+Massa%2C+Andrea++(2009)+Design+of+Compromise+Sum-Difference+Patterns+through+the+Iterative+Contiguous+Partition+Method.++%5BTechnical+Report%5D+++++