Resolution improvement of an UWB microwave imaging radar system using circular polarization

Author

Torrealba-Melendez, Richard ; Olvera-Cervantes, J.L. ; Corona-Chavez, A.

Author_Institution

Inst. Nac. de Astrofis., Opt. y Electron., Puebla, Mexico

fYear

2014

fDate

26-28 Feb. 2014

Firstpage

189

Lastpage

193

Abstract

An ultra-wideband (UWB) microwave imaging radar system with a circularly polarized antenna is presented. The proposed microwave imaging system operated in the full UWB spectrum (3.1 to 10.6GHz). To verify the performance and resolution improvement of our system, two experimental tests were developed. Furthermore a comparison between linear polarization (LP) and circular polarization (CP) was carried out. Using circular polarization has demonstrated to improve the depth resolution of the UWB microwave imaging radar systems. In addition circular polarization provides a good approximation of the shape and size of the objects.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave polarisation; image resolution; radar antennas; radar imaging; ultra wideband radar; UWB microwave imaging radar system; circular polarization; circularly polarized antenna; depth resolution; frequency 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz; full UWB spectrum; linear polarization; resolution improvement; ultrawideband microwave imaging radar system; Copper; Microwave antennas; Microwave imaging; Polarization; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Circular polarization; Ultra wideband (UWB); microwave imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Communications and Computers (CONIELECOMP), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cholula

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3468-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CONIELECOMP.2014.6808589

Filename

6808589