An Excitation Matching Procedure for Sub-Arrayed Monopulse Arrays with Maximum Directivity

Manica, Luca and Rocca, Paolo and Massa, Andrea (2009) An Excitation Matching Procedure for Sub-Arrayed Monopulse Arrays with Maximum Directivity. UNSPECIFIED.

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    Abstract

    In this paper, the maximization of the directivity of compromise difference patterns in subarrayed monopulse linear array antennas with optimum sum mode is addressed by means of a two-stage excitation matching procedure. The knowledge of the independently optimum difference excitations, which provide the maximum directivity, is exploited with an efficient matching technique based on the contiguous partition method. Simple and reliable compromise solutions, characterized by a reduced complexity as well as easier antenna manufacturing, are synthesized to assess the effectiveness of the proposed method also in comparison with state-of-the-art methods devoted to the directivity maximization. This paper is a postprint of a paper submitted to and accepted for publication in Radar, Sonar & Navigation and is subject to Institution of Engineering and Technology Copyright. The copy of record is available at IET Digital Library.

    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: Monopulse Antennas, Array Antennas, Sum and Difference Pattern Synthesis, Directivity Maximization
    Report Number: DISI-11-038
    Repository staff approval on: 25 Mar 2011

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