A TEM horn antenna with non-uniform expansion for oil well monitoring

Author

Oloumi, Daniel ; Pettersson, Mats I. ; Elliott, Duncan ; Mousavi, Pedram

Author_Institution

ECE, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A TEM horn antenna with non-uniform expansion to modify the radiation characteristics, operating from 1.4 to 11 GHz in oil medium is introduced. Main lobe radiation pattern ripple at higher frequencies which are the problem of conventional TEM horn antenna is suppressed. The expansions coefficient is tuned using CST Microwave Studio to achieve good return loss (less than 10dB) and radiation pattern. The horn is utilized as a part of an ultra-wideband radar system to monitor oil well with no metal casing.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; horn antennas; oil technology; radar antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband radar; CST Microwave Studio; TEM horn antenna; antenna the radiation characteristics; frequency 1.4 GHz to 11 GHz; lobe radiation pattern ripple; nonuniform expansion; oil medium; oil well monitoring; return loss; ultrawideband radar system; Antenna feeds; Antenna radiation patterns; Ground penetrating radar; Horn antennas; Microwave antennas; Radar antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0461-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2012.6347981

Filename

6347981