eprintid: 817 rev_number: 8 eprint_status: archive userid: 12 dir: disk0/00/00/08/17 datestamp: 2022-02-23 22:25:58 lastmod: 2022-02-23 22:25:58 status_changed: 2022-02-23 22:25:58 type: monograph metadata_visibility: show creators_name: ROCCA, Paolo creators_name: ANSELMI, Nicola creators_name: POLO, Alessandro creators_name: MASSA, Andrea creators_id: paolo.rocca@unitn.it creators_id: nicola.anselmi@unitn.it creators_id: alessandro.polo.1@unitn.it creators_id: andrea.massa@unitn.it title: Using Diamond Tiles for the Modular Design of Hexagonal Phased Arrays ispublished: pub subjects: AWC subjects: MEA full_text_status: public monograph_type: technical_report keywords: Diamond tiles, hexagonal array, irregular tiling, optimization, phased array antenna, planar array publisher: ELEDIA Research Center - University of Trento referencetext: P. Rocca, M. Benedetti, M. Donelli, D. Franceschini, and A. 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