?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F721%2F&rft.title=Phase+Tolerance+Analysis+in+Planar+Phased+Arrays+Through+Minkowski+Interval+Analysis+&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=Planar+phased+arrays+are+unavoidably+affected+by+tolerances+due+to+manufacturing+errors%2C+mutual+coupling+effects%2C+mechanical+deformations%2C+and+climatic+changes.+Assessing+the+impact+of+such+non-idealities+on+the+radiated+pattern+in+clearly+of+fundamental+importance%2C+especially+for+critical+applications+such+as+monitoring%2C+surveillance%2C+and+control.+Towards+this+end%2C+an+innovative+sensitivity+tool+has+been+developed+to+analyze+the+impact+of+phase+tolerances+in+planar+phased+arrays+on+the+radiation+features.+The+proposed+approach+exploits+the+theory+of+interval+analysis+(IA)%2C+and+makes+use+of+the+Minkowski+sum+to+produce+narrower+bounds+than+classical+Cartesian-IA.+Some+numerical+results+are+shown%2C+in+order+to+prove+the+effectiveness+of+the+developed+Minkowski-IA+approach%2C+as+well+as+to+compare+the+generated+pattern+bounds+with+those+determined+through+Cartesian-IA.&rft.publisher=University+of+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%2F721%2F1%2FPhase%2520Tolerance%2520Analysis%2520in%2520Planar%2520Phased%2520Arrays%2520Through%2520Minkowski%2520Interval%2520Analysis.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tenuti%2C+L.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Rocca%2C+P.+and+Salucci%2C+M.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2017)+Phase+Tolerance+Analysis+in+Planar+Phased+Arrays+Through+Minkowski+Interval+Analysis.++Technical+Report.+University+of+Trento.+++++