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rev_number: 6
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creators_name: Rocca, Paolo
creators_name: Manica, Luca
creators_name: Massa, Andrea
title: Hybrid Approach for Sub-arrayed Monopulse Antenna Synthesis
ispublished: pub
subjects: TU
full_text_status: public
abstract: A computationally effective hybrid approach to define the “optimal” compromise between sum and difference patterns in monopulse arrays is presented. Firstly, the partitioning into sub-arrays is performed by exploiting the knowledge of independently optimal sum and difference excitations. Then, the sub-array gains are computed by means of a gradient-based procedure, which takes advantage from the convexity of the problem at hand. Selected results are shown and compared with those from state-of-the-art methods in dealing with representative test cases. This paper is a postprint of a paper submitted to and accepted for publication in Electronics Letters and is subject to Institution of Engineering and Technology Copyright. The copy of record is available at IET Digital Library.
date: 2008-01
date_type: published
institution: University of Trento
department: informaticat
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Rocca, Paolo and Manica, Luca and Massa, Andrea  (2008) Hybrid Approach for Sub-arrayed Monopulse Antenna Synthesis.  [Technical Report]     
document_url: http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/477/1/DISI-11-054.pdf