?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F718%2F&rft.title=A+Sensitivity+Analysis+Approach+for+Linear+Arrays+with+Uncertain+Excitations&rft.creator=Tenuti%2C+L.&rft.creator=Anselmi%2C+N.&rft.creator=Rocca%2C+P.&rft.creator=Salucci%2C+M.&rft.creator=Massa%2C+A.&rft.subject=A+WC+Next+Generation+Wireless+Communications&rft.subject=M+AT+Analytic+Techniques&rft.description=When+dealing+with+the+design+of+linear+phased+arrays%2C+the+amplitudes+and+phases+of+the+array+control+points+are+properly+synthesized+to+yield+desired+radiation+features+(e.g.%2C+high+directivity%2C+low+sidelobe+level%2C+etc.).+Unfortunately%2C+the+excitation+values+can+deviate+from+the+nominal%2Fexpected+ones+because+of+unavoidable+fabrication+tolerances+and%2For+environmental+variations.+As+a+consequence%2C+the+radiated+pattern+can+differ+from+the+desired+one%2C+causing+the+overall+system+to+fail+in+meeting+the+expected+performances.+In+this+document%2C+an+innovative+interval+analysis+(IA)+technique%2C+based+on+the+Minkowski+sum%2C+is+proposed+to+analyze+the+effects+of+the+linear+array+excitation+tolerances+on+the+radiated+field.+A+comparison+of+the+obtained+bounds+with+those+obtainable+through+the+standard+Cartesian+IA+is+provided%2C+as+well.&rft.publisher=University+of+Trento&rft.date=2017&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F718%2F1%2FA%2520Sensitivity%2520Analysis%2520Approach%2520for%2520Linear%2520Arrays%2520with%2520Uncertain%2520Excitations.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tenuti%2C+L.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Rocca%2C+P.+and+Salucci%2C+M.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2017)+A+Sensitivity+Analysis+Approach+for+Linear+Arrays+with+Uncertain+Excitations.++Technical+Report.+University+of+Trento.+++++