?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F473%2F&rft.title=Directivity+Optimization+in+Planar+Sub-Arrayed+Monopulse+Antenna&rft.creator=Rocca%2C+Paolo&rft.creator=Manica%2C+Luca&rft.creator=Massa%2C+Andrea&rft.subject=TU+Technical+Reports+and+Publications&rft.description=In+this+paper%2C+the+Contiguous+Partition+Method+(CPM)+is+applied+to+the+optimization+of+the+directivity+of+difference+patterns+in+monopulse+planar+array+antennas.+Since+the+excitations+providing+maximum+directivity+of+planar+arrays+can+be+analytically+computed+and+because+of+the+excitation+matching+nature+of+the+CPM%2C+the+problem+at+hand+is+recast+as+the+synthesis+of+the+difference+compromise+solution+close+as+much+as+possible+to+the+reference+pattern+with+maximum+directivity.+Selected+results+are+shown+to+point+out+the+potentialities+of+the+CPM-based+approach.+The+final+version+is+available+at+the+url+of+the+journal+PIER+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpier.org%2FPIER%2F&rft.date=2008-06&rft.type=Technical+Report&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F473%2F1%2FDISI-11-043.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rocca%2C+Paolo+and+Manica%2C+Luca+and+Massa%2C+Andrea++(2008)+Directivity+Optimization+in+Planar+Sub-Arrayed+Monopulse+Antenna.++%5BTechnical+Report%5D+++++