An investigation on the transmission response of a miniaturized double-ridged horn antenna for radar-based imaging

Author

Latif, Saeed ; Flores-Tapia, Daniel ; Shafai, Lotfollah ; Pistorius, Stephen

Author_Institution

CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A miniaturized double-ridged horn antenna for use as an array element in the Subsurface Radar (SR) system is presented. SR has been proposed for some emerging applications such as breast imaging and wood inspection. A cylindrical scanning geometry is proposed which will host 72 antennas in a row for illuminating the target and receiving scattered signal. The scanning system will have several rows of antennas for better sensitivity and spatial accuracy. The designed double-ridged horn antenna shows promising results with good transmission characteristics.

Keywords

antenna arrays; ground penetrating radar; horn antennas; radar antennas; radar imaging; array element; breast imaging; cylindrical scanning geometry; miniaturized double-ridged horn antenna; radar-based imaging; receiving scattered signal; scanning system; subsurface radar system; transmission characteristics; transmission response; wood inspection; Antenna arrays; Couplings; Horn antennas; Imaging; Radar imaging; Transmitting 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.2012.6348526

Filename

6348526