Title :
Design of ultra wideband conformal antenna array on a concave surface for medical imaging applications
Author :
Muniganti, Harikiran ; Vinoy, K.J.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
Abstract :
An easy to construct ultra-wideband microstrip antenna with about 43% bandwidth on a flexible substrate is demonstrated. It is observed that the characteristics of the antenna such as bandwidth and group delay are not degraded appreciably for this conformal array on a concave conical surface, when compared to a similar array on a planar surface. S-parameters between various elements of this array, when an object is placed in front of it, may be used for image reconstruction.
Keywords :
S-parameters; conformal antennas; medical image processing; microwave antenna arrays; microwave imaging; ultra wideband antennas; S-parameters; concave surface; flexible substrate; medical imaging applications; planar surface; uItra wideband microstrip antenna; ultra wideband conformal antenna array design; Antenna measurements; Biomedical imaging; Energy measurement; Feeds; Microstrip;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bhubaneswar
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3266-5
DOI :
10.1109/AEMC.2013.7045042
