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creators_name: Oliveri, Giacomo
creators_name: Manica, Luca
creators_name: Massa, Andrea
title: ADS-Based guidelines for thinned planar arrays
ispublished: pub
subjects: TU
full_text_status: public
keywords: Almost difference sets , array antennas , planar arrays , sidelobe level control , thinned arrays
abstract: We propose an analytical technique based on almost difference sets (ADSs) for thinning planar arrays with well controlled sidelobes. The method allows one to synthesize bidimensional arrangements with peak sidelobe levels (PSLs) predictable and deducible from the knowledge of the array aperture, the filling factor, and the autocorrelation function of the ADS at hand. The numerical validation, concerned with both small and very large apertures, points out that the expected PSL values are significantly below those of random arrays and comparable with those from different sets (DSs) although obtainable in a wider range of configurations. “(c) 2010 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works.”
date: 2011-01
date_type: published
institution: University of Trento
department: informaticat
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Oliveri, Giacomo and Manica, Luca and Massa, Andrea  (2011) ADS-Based guidelines for thinned planar arrays.  [Technical Report]     
document_url: http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/456/1/DISI-11-091-R187.pdf