Title :
A Hyperband Antenna to Launch and Focus Fast High-Voltage Pulses Onto Biological Targets
Author :
Kumar, Prashanth ; Baum, Carl E. ; Altunc, Serhat ; Buchenauer, Jerald ; Xiao, Shu ; Christodoulou, Christos G. ; Schamiloglu, Edl ; Schoenbach, Karl H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
fDate :
4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper briefly reviews the design of a prolate-spheroidal impulse-radiating hyperband antenna system to launch and focus fast (100 ps) high-voltage ( >; 100 kV) pulses onto biological targets. Design and experiments on a graded five-layer dielectric lens, designed to match the pulses into the target medium, are outlined. The design and numerical simulations of a switch system to launch high-voltage spherical TEM pulses are also presented.
Keywords :
lens antennas; numerical analysis; biological targets; five-layer dielectric lens; high-voltage pulses; high-voltage spherical TEM pulses; hyperband antenna; numerical simulations; prolate-spheroidal impulse-radiating antenna system; Antennas; Biology; Biomembranes; Focusing; Lenses; Optical pulse generation; Probes; Apoptosis; focusing lens; hyperband antenna; impulse-radiating antenna; launching lens; picosecond pulses; prolate-spheroidal reflector; switch;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMTT.2011.2114110
