?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F386%2F&rft.title=Linear+Array+Thinning+Exploiting+Almost+Difference+Sets&rft.creator=Oliveri%2C+Giacomo&rft.creator=Donelli%2C+Massimo&rft.creator=Massa%2C+Andrea&rft.subject=TU+Technical+Reports+and+Publications&rft.description=This+paper+describes+a+class+of+linear+thinned+arrays+with+predictable+and+well-behaved+sidelobes.+The+element+placement+is+based+on+almost+difference+sets+and+the+array+power+pattern+is+forced+to+pass+through+N+uniformly-spaced+values+that%2C+although+neither+equal+nor+constant+as+for+difference+sets%2C+are+a-priori+known+from+the+knowledge+of+the+aperture+size%2C+the+number+of+active+array+elements+K%2C+and+the+features+of+the+correlation+function.+Such+a+property+allows+one+to+predict+the+bounds+of+the+confidence+range+of+the+peak+sidelobe+of+the+admissible+arrays+obtainable+through+simple+shift+operations+on+a+binary+sequence.+The+expected+peak+sidelobe+performances+turn+out+to+be+comparable+with+those+from+difference+sets%2C+even+though+obtainable+in+a+wider+set+of+array+configurations%2C+and+improved+in+comparison+with+cut-and-try+random-placements.+(c)+2009+IEEE.+Personal+use+of+this+material+is+permitted.+Permission+from+IEEE+must+be+obtained+for+all+other+users%2C+including+reprinting%2F+republishing+this+material+for+advertising+or+promotional+purposes%2C+creating+new+collective+works+for+resale+or+redistribution+to+servers+or+lists%2C+or+reuse+of+any+copyrighted+components+of+this+work+in+other+works.&rft.date=2009-12&rft.type=Technical+Report&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F386%2F1%2FDISI-11-016.R175.pdf&rft.identifier=++Oliveri%2C+Giacomo+and+Donelli%2C+Massimo+and+Massa%2C+Andrea++(2009)+Linear+Array+Thinning+Exploiting+Almost+Difference+Sets.++%5BTechnical+Report%5D+++++