Experimental verification of 2D UWB MIMO antenna array for near-field imaging radar

Author

Yang, B. ; Yarovoy, A. ; Aubry, P. ; Zhuge, X.

Author_Institution

Int. Res. Centre for Telecommun. & Radar, Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands

fYear

2009

fDate

Sept. 29 2009-Oct. 1 2009

Firstpage

97

Lastpage

100

Abstract

In this paper two 2D MIMO antenna arrays for near-field imaging radar operating in the frequency band from 10 GHz till 18 GHz are presented. Two MIMO topologies have been proposed to achieve the point spread function (PSF) with narrow main lobe and low side-lobe level. Stacked patch antennas are used as antenna elements. Both designs have been verified experimentally and satisfactory agreement between theoretical and experimental results has been achieved. High-resolution images of a bottle of water are demonstrated.

Keywords

MIMO systems; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; radar antennas; radar imaging; ultra wideband antennas; 2D ultra wideband MIMO antenna array; frequency 10 GHz to 18 GHz; microwave antenna arrays; near-field imaging radar; point spread function; stacked patch antennas; Antenna arrays; Aperture antennas; Image resolution; Linear antenna arrays; MIMO; Microwave antenna arrays; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2009. EuMC 2009. European

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4748-0

Type

conf

Filename

5295977