?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F516%2F&rft.title=Synthesis+of+Arbitrary+Sidelobes+Sum+and+Difference+Patterns+with+Common+Excitation+Weights&rft.creator=Rocca%2C+Paolo&rft.creator=Morabito%2C+Andrea&rft.creator=Isernia%2C+Tommaso&rft.creator=Massa%2C+Andrea&rft.subject=TU+Technical+Reports+and+Publications&rft.description=The+synthesis+of+sum+and+difference+patterns+is+a+canonical+problem+widely+dealt+with+by+researchers+working+on+antenna+array+synthesis.+As+a+matter+of+fact%2C+they+are+used+as+transmitting%2Freceiving+devices+for+search-and-track+systems+(e.g.%2C+monopulse+radars+%5B1%5D).+In+this+framework%2C+several+procedures+have+been+proposed+to+reduce+the+complexity+of+the+beam+forming+network+aimed+at+generating+at+least+a+couple+of+radiation+patterns.+Among+them%2C+the+generation+of+an+optimal+sum+pattern+and+a+difference+one+has+been+carried+out+by+means+of+a+sub-arraying+strategy+%5B2%2C3%5D.+The+simplification+of+the+hardware+complexity+has+also+been+addressed+by+sharing+some+excitations+for+the+sum+and+difference+channels+%5B4%5D.+Recently%2C+the+synthesis+of+low-sidelobe+sum+and+difference+patterns+with+a+common+aperture+has+been+carried+out+by+perturbing+the+roots+of+the+Bayliss+distribution+to+match+as+much+as+possible+a+given+Taylor+distribution+%5B5%5D.+The+discrete+linear+arrays+have+been+successively+obtained+by+sampling+the+resulting+continuous+apertures.+In+this+work%2C+the+same+array+synthesis+problem+dealt+with+in+%5B5%5D+is+addressed%2C+and+an+innovative+approach+based+on+a+deterministic+optimization+strategy+is+presented+wherein+the+problem+is+formulated+as+the+minimization+of+a+linear+function+over+a+convex+set.+Taking+advantage+from+the+approaches+proposed+in+%5B6%5D+and+%5B7%5D+for+the+optimal+synthesis+of+sum+and+difference+patterns+respectively%2C+the+proposed+method+allows+one+to+synthesize+patterns+with+arbitrary+sidelobes+(unlike+%5B5%5D).&rft.date=2011-01&rft.type=Technical+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F516%2F1%2FDISI-11-165.C202.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rocca%2C+Paolo+and+Morabito%2C+Andrea+and+Isernia%2C+Tommaso+and+Massa%2C+Andrea++(2011)+Synthesis+of+Arbitrary+Sidelobes+Sum+and+Difference+Patterns+with+Common+Excitation+Weights.++%5BTechnical+Report%5D+++++