A Fast Graph-Searching Algorithm Enabling the Efficient Synthesis of Sub-Arrayed Planar Monopulse Antennas

Manica, Luca and Rocca, Paolo and Benedetti, Manuel and Massa, Andrea (2009) A Fast Graph-Searching Algorithm Enabling the Efficient Synthesis of Sub-Arrayed Planar Monopulse Antennas. UNSPECIFIED.

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    Abstract

    In this paper, an innovative approach in its different implementations for the synthesis of compromise sum and difference patterns of monopulse planar arrays is presented. The synthesis method is based on a sub-arraying technique aimed at generating the compromise patterns through an optimal excitation matching procedure. By exploiting some properties of the solution space, the synthesis problem is reformulated as a combinatorial one to allow a considerable saving of computational resources. Thanks to a graph-based representation of the solution space, the use of an efficient path-searching algorithm is enabled to speed-up the convergence to the compromise solution. In the numerical validation, a set of representative examples concerned with both pattern matching problems and patternfeature optimization are reported in order to assess the effectiveness and flexibility of the proposed approach. Comparisons with previously published results and solutions obtained by a hybrid version of the approach customized to deal with the optimization of the sidelobe level (SLL) are reported and discussed, as well. (c) 2009 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works.

    Item Type: Departmental Technical Report
    Department or Research center: Information Engineering and Computer Science
    Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK7885 Computer Engineering
    Q Science > QC Physics (General) > QC661 Electromagnetic Theory
    Q Science > QC Physics (General) > QC760 Electromagnetism
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Planar Arrays, Monopulse Antennas, Sum and Difference Modes, Direct Acyclic Graph
    Report Number: DISI-11-033
    Repository staff approval on: 25 Mar 2011

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