?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F719%2F&rft.title=A+Minkowski+Interval+Analysis+Sensitivity+Tool+for+Analyzing+the+Impact+of+Amplifiers+Tolerances+in+Planar+Arrays&rft.creator=Tenuti%2C+L.&rft.creator=Anselmi%2C+N.&rft.creator=Rocca%2C+P.&rft.creator=Salucci%2C+M.&rft.creator=Massa%2C+A.&rft.subject=A+WC+Next+Generation+Wireless+Communications&rft.subject=M+AT+Analytic+Techniques&rft.description=some+deviations+can+be+observed+on+the+nominal+value+of+amplifiers+used+in+the+beamforming+network+of+planar+arrays.+As+a+consequence%2C+the+radiated+pattern+may+differ+from+the+expected+one%2C+and+the+overall+system+performances+can+undergo+a+certain+performance+degradation.+In+this+document%2C+an+interval+analysis+(IA)-based+sensitivity+tool+is+proposed+to+mathematically+derive+bounds+on+the+radiated+field+by+planar+arrangements+starting+from+the+tolerances+of+the+amplifiers+of+the+control+points.+The+developed+approach+is+based+on+the+Minkowski+sum%2C+rather+than+on+standard+Cartesian+arithmetic.+Some+numerical+results+are+shown%2C+to+prove+the+effectiveness+of+the+Minkowski+IA+tool+in+estimating+narrower+pattern+bounds+than+the+standard+Cartesian+IA.&rft.publisher=University+od+Trento&rft.date=2017&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F719%2F1%2FA%2520Minkowski%2520Interval%2520Analysis%2520Sensitivity%2520Tool%2520for%2520Analyzing%2520the%2520Impact%2520of%2520Amplifiers%2520Tolerances%2520in%2520Planar%2520Arrays.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tenuti%2C+L.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Rocca%2C+P.+and+Salucci%2C+M.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2017)+A+Minkowski+Interval+Analysis+Sensitivity+Tool+for+Analyzing+the+Impact+of+Amplifiers+Tolerances+in+Planar+Arrays.++Technical+Report.+University+od+Trento.+++++