A reconfigurable stepped frequency GPR (GPR-R): The antenna subsystem

Author

Parrini, Filippo ; Pieraccini, Massimiliano ; Mecatti, Daniele ; Dei, Devis ; Macaluso, Giovanni ; Spinetti, Alessandro ; Persico, Raffaele ; Leucci, G. ; Manacorda, Guido

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Univ. of Florence, Florence, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

2-5 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

GPR-R technology fully exploits the unique advantages of the stepped frequency radar technique. A GPR equipment based on this technology has been recently developed by the authors: it is able to reconfigure its integration time and transmitted power vs. frequency in order to increase penetration capability and radiofrequency interference immunity. This paper describes the antenna subsystem of this radar.

Keywords

ground penetrating radar; interference suppression; radar antennas; radiofrequency interference; GPR equipment; GPR-R technology; antenna subsystem; integration time reconfiguration; penetration capability; radiofrequency interference immunity; reconfigurable stepped frequency GPR; transmitted power reconfiguration; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Azimuth; Dipole antennas; Frequency measurement; Ground penetrating radar; GPR; reconjigurable; stepped frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR), 2013 7th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Nantes

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0937-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAGPR.2013.6601529

Filename

6601529