%0 Report %9 Technical Report %A Anselmi, N. %A Poli, L. %A Rocca, P. %A Massa, A. %D 2016 %F elediasc12:698 %K Evolutionary Optimization, Local Optimization, Array Synthesis, Smart Antennas, Analytic Sequences, Compressive Sensing. %T Genetically-designed thinned ring arrays for effective pattern nulling with directivity control %U http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/698/ %X This document deals with a strategy for thinning the radiating elements of ring arrays in order to suppress interfering signals arriving on the antenna sidelobes. The on-off status of the array element is changed according to the optimized binary sequences determined through an evolutionary algorithm suitably customized to provide solutions with a controlled percentage of the number of active bits with respect to its total number. The proposed technique is validated with a set of experiments where arrays of different size haved been considered.