Compact ultra-wideband planar tapered slot antenna for use in a microwave imaging system

✍ Scribed by A. M. Abbosh; H. K. Kan; M. E. Bialkowski

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 838 KB
• Volume: 48
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0895-2477
• DOI: 10.1002/mop.21906

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The design of an ultra‐wideband planar tapered slot antenna for use in a circular cylindrical microwave imaging system is presented. The antenna was designed assuming high dielectric substrate material Rogers RT6010LM to achieve its compact size. The developed antenna element (50 × 50 mm^2^) features a 10‐dB return loss bandwidth from 2.75 GHz to more than 11 GHz. The gain of the antenna is between 3.5 and 9.4 dBi over the 3–10 GHz band. The experimental tests showed that the manufactured antenna element supports transmission of narrow pulses with negligible distortions, as required in the microwave imaging system. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48: 2212–2216, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21906