UWB stacked patch antenna design for near-field imaging radar antenna array

Author

Yang, B. ; Yarovoy, A.G. ; Ligthart, L.P.

Author_Institution

IRCTR, Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft

fYear

2009

fDate

23-27 March 2009

Firstpage

817

Lastpage

821

Abstract

In this paper a design of UWB aperture-coupled stacked patch (ASP) antenna to be used as an array element in a short range imaging radar is presented. The antenna operates in the frequency band from 10 GHz to 18 GHz. Antenna optimization is done using two different numerical techniques in order to cross-verify the simulated results. Experimental results agree very well with the simulated results from both models. The antenna performance within a linear array has been experimentally investigated as well.

Keywords

aperture-coupled antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; microwave imaging; optimisation; radar antennas; radar imaging; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband radar; UWB aperture-coupled stacked patch antenna; antenna optimization; frequency 10 GHz to 18 GHz; frequency band; near-field imaging radar antenna array; ultra wideband antennas; Antenna arrays; Aperture antennas; Application specific processors; Frequency; Linear antenna arrays; Patch antennas; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4753-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-00-024573-2

Type

conf

Filename

5067743