Size reduction of a double-ridged horn antenna for a bistatic radar-based breast imaging system

Author

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

Author_Institution

CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

25-28 June 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A physically small - sized double-ridged horn antenna is presented for use as an array element in the Subsurface Radar (SR) system. The miniaturization is achieved by loading the antenna with a very high-permittivity material and also by reducing the flare length in the horn section. The effects of size reduction on the reflection and transmission response of the antenna are studied.

Keywords

antenna arrays; biological organs; biomedical imaging; horn antennas; permittivity; radar antennas; radar imaging; SR system; antenna reflection response; antenna transmission response; array element; bistatic radar-based breast imaging system; flare length; high-permittivity material; physically small sized double-ridged horn antenna; size reduction; subsurface radar system; Horn antennas; Imaging; Loaded antennas; Loading; Materials; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Double-ridge horn antenna; antenna for radar system; antenna miniaturization; biomedical imaging; sub-surface radar technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM), 2012 15th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Toulouse

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0290-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANTEM.2012.6262329

Filename

6262329