Title :
A UWB monopole antenna for GPR application
Author :
Cao, Ping ; Huang, Yi ; Zhang, Jingwei
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Abstract :
In this paper the design of an ultra-wideband (UWB) monopole antenna with a coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed for ground penetrating radar (GPR) application is presented. The antenna offers a broad bandwidth from 0.4 to 3 GHz with a relative small GPR antenna size compared to the conventional circular monopole antenna. The other advantages of such an antenna are the simple antenna structure and easy to be integrated with PCB board. A rectangular conducting reflector is placed below the antenna to obtain a unidirectional radiation pattern for GPR application. Computer simulations are conducted and measurements are carried out to validate the results.
Keywords :
coplanar waveguides; ground penetrating radar; monopole antennas; printed circuits; ultra wideband antennas; CPW feed; GPR application; PCB board; UWB monopole antenna; coplanar waveguide feed; ground penetrating radar; ultra wideband monopole antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Ground penetrating radar; Mice; Reflector antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; GPR antenna; Monopole antenna; UWB antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206443
