Design of tapered-slot antenna arrays for landmine detection

Author

Mikhnev, Valeri A. ; Vainikainen, Pertti ; Maksimovitch, Yelena S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys., Minsk

fYear

2009

fDate

23-27 March 2009

Firstpage

1360

Lastpage

1362

Abstract

Two compact ultra-wideband antenna arrays built of tapered-slot antennas and intended for landmine surveys are described. In one array, the antennas are arranged in two parallel lines differing by the antenna polarizations. Polarimetric data collected by the array are important for the detection of lengthy objects buried in the ground. The antennas in the second array form a zigzag line with reduced spacing between adjacent transmitting/receiving antenna pairs. Such a dense array is useful to detect small buried targets like landmines. Some experimental examples for the both arrays are presented.

Keywords

ground penetrating radar; landmine detection; polarimetry; radar imaging; slot antenna arrays; ultra wideband antennas; antenna polarization; buried object detection; landmine detection; polarimetric radar data; tapered-slot antenna array design; ultra-wideband antenna array; zigzag line; Antenna accessories; Antenna arrays; Ground penetrating radar; Landmine detection; Polarization; Radar antennas; Receiving antennas; Sensor arrays; Transmitting antennas; Ultra wideband antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4753-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-00-024573-2

Type

conf

Filename

5067867