TY - RPRT ID - elediasc12723 UR - http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/723/ PB - University of Trento AV - public N2 - In this work, the analysis the excitation tolerances on the radiation performances of planar phased arrays is dealt with. An innovative sensitivity tool is proposed, based on interval arithmetic and the Minkowski sum. Narrow but inclusive bounds can be analytically derived on the radiation pattern starting from the tolerances on the array excitations (both in amplitude and in phase). Moreover, thanks to the Minkowski sum, narrower intervals are estimated with respect to standard interval analysis (IA) tools based on the Cartesian rules. Some numerical results are shown, in order to verify the effectiveness of the developed approach, by analyzing planar arrays of different sizes. TI - A Minkowski Sum Interval Analysis Approach for Planar Arrays Sensitivity Analysis A1 - Tenuti, L. A1 - Anselmi, N. A1 - Rocca, P. A1 - Salucci, M. A1 - Massa, A. M1 - technical_report Y1 - 2017/// KW - Antenna Arrays KW - Planar Antennas KW - Sensitivity Analysis KW - Antenna Uncertainties KW - Interval Analysis KW - Minkowski Sum ER -