?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F454%2F&rft.title=Synthesis+of+Multi-Beam+Sub-Arrayed+Antennas+Through+an+Excitation+Matching+Strategy&rft.creator=Manica%2C+Luca&rft.creator=Rocca%2C+Paolo&rft.creator=Oliveri%2C+Giacomo&rft.creator=Massa%2C+Andrea&rft.subject=TU+Technical+Reports+and+Publications&rft.description=An+innovative+synthesis+procedure+to+design+sub-arrayed+antennas+affording+multiple+patterns+is+presented+in+this+paper.+The+approach+is+based+on+an+excitation+matching+procedure+aimed+at+generating+one+optimal+pattern+and+multiple+compromises+close+as+much+as+possible+to+user-defined+reference+beams.+A+suitable+modification+of+the+K-means+clustering+algorithm+integrated+into+a+customized+version+of+the+contiguous+partition+method+is+used+to+efficiently+sample+the+solution+space+looking+for+the+best+compromise+excitations.+A+set+of+representative+numerical+results+is+reported+to+give+some+indications+on+the+reliability%2C+potentialities%2C+and+limitations+of+the+proposed+approach.+%E2%80%9C(c)+2011+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.%E2%80%9D&rft.date=2011-01&rft.type=Technical+Report&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F454%2F1%2FDISI-11-104-R198.pdf&rft.identifier=++Manica%2C+Luca+and+Rocca%2C+Paolo+and+Oliveri%2C+Giacomo+and+Massa%2C+Andrea++(2011)+Synthesis+of+Multi-Beam+Sub-Arrayed+Antennas+Through+an+Excitation+Matching+Strategy.++%5BTechnical+Report%5D+++++