A monostatic antenna-reflector system for ultra-short-range radar applications

Author

Baer, Christoph ; Musch, Thomas ; Schulz, Claudia ; Will, Bianca ; Rolfes, Ilona

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron. Circuits, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

7-13 July 2013

Firstpage

956

Lastpage

957

Abstract

In this contribution, a novel antenna-reflector system is introduced, which consists of a planar waveguide orthomode transducer, a lens-horn antenna and a transpolarizing reflector. The proposed antenna system eliminates short-range clutter effects like root point reflections and antenna ringing effectively. The setup enables ultra-short-range radar measurements as they are used e.g. for material characterization measurements. Results of 3D-electromagnetic field simulations as well as measurements, that prove the effectiveness of the antenna setup are shown and discussed in detail.

Keywords

horn antennas; lens antennas; planar waveguides; radar antennas; reflector antennas; 3D-electromagnetic field simulations; antenna ringing; lens-horn antenna; monostatic antenna-reflector system; planar waveguide orthomode transducer; root point reflections; short-range clutter; transpolarizing reflector; ultra-short-range radar applications; Antenna measurements; Clutter; Radar antennas; Radar measurements; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5315-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2013.6711137

Filename

6711137