DocumentCode
2527033
Title
Highly directional planar Ultra Wide Band antenna for radar applications
Author
Locatelli, A. ; Modotto, D. ; Pigozzo, F.M. ; Boscolo, S. ; Autizi, E. ; Angelis, C. De ; Capobianco, A.D. ; Midrio, M.
Author_Institution
Univ. degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia
fYear
2007
fDate
8-10 Oct. 2007
Firstpage
623
Lastpage
626
Abstract
We describe a novel planar highly directive ultra wide band (UWB) antenna based on a disc monopole fed by a 50-ohm microstrip line. The key feature of the proposed antenna is a careful engineering of the ground plane that permits to increase directionality for radar applications. We demonstrate through numerical simulations and measurements in anechoic chamber that the designed antenna exhibits low return loss, high directivity and good time-domain properties in the band of interest between 6 and 8 GHz.
Keywords
microstrip lines; numerical analysis; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband radar; directional planar ultra wide band antenna; microstrip line; numerical simulations; radar applications; Anechoic chambers; Antenna measurements; Directive antennas; Loss measurement; Microstrip antennas; Numerical simulation; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband radar;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Integrated Circuit Conference, 2007. EuMIC 2007. European
Conference_Location
Munich
Print_ISBN
978-2-87487-002-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EMICC.2007.4412790
Filename
4412790
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