Design of tapered slot antenna operating in coupling liquid for ultrawideband microwave imaging systems

Author

Mohammed, Beadaa J. ; Abbosh, Amin M. ; Bialkowski, Marek E.

Author_Institution

Sch. of ITEE, Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

fYear

2011

fDate

3-8 July 2011

Firstpage

145

Lastpage

148

Abstract

This paper reports the design of a directive antenna for ultra-wideband microwave imaging systems. The antenna is a corrugated tapered slot antenna of compact dimensions (22 mm × 40 mm) immersed in a coupling liquid that is fabricated to improve the matching between the antenna and the imaged object, and thus to increase the dynamic range of the imaging system. The antenna is covered with a dielectric material in order to protect the radiating element from the adverse effects of the coupling liquid. The proposed antenna is designed to operate efficiently across the band from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz. The designed antenna is tested in the presence of a breast phantom.The time domain response of the antenna indicates its capability to support distortionless pulse transmission with a high fidelity factor.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; dielectric materials; microwave antennas; microwave imaging; slot antennas; time-domain analysis; ultra wideband antennas; breast phantom presence; corrugated tapered slot antenna; coupling liquid; dielectric material; directive antenna design; distortionless pulse transmission; fidelity factor; frequency 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz; radiating element protection; time domain response; ultrawideband microwave imaging system; Breast; Couplings; Directive antennas; Microwave antennas; Microwave imaging; Phantoms; microwave imaging; tapered slot antenna; ultrawideband antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Spokane, WA

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9562-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2011.5996662

Filename

5996662