Microstrip-fed low profile and wideband wide-slot antenna for breast imaging

Author

Tiang, S.S. ; Ain, M.F. ; Abdullah, M.Z.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

4-7 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

926

Lastpage

928

Abstract

A novel low profile and wideband wide-slot antenna fed with a microstrip-line is proposed. A p-shaped wide-slot is printed on a substrate with a compact size of 16 mm × 16 mm and fed by a simple 50 Ω microstrip transmission line. The antenna is designed for microwave breast imaging that cover the ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency band. The design exhibits more than 70% reflection coefficient at 10 dB with stable radiation pattern at the desired bandwidth. The size reduction offers better array ability and well-suited for breast imaging.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; medical image processing; microstrip lines; microwave imaging; slot antennas; transmission lines; microstrip transmission line; microstrip-fed low profile antenna; microwave breast imaging; printed p-shaped wide-slot; resistance 50 ohm; stable radiation pattern; ultra-wideband frequency band; wideband wide-slot antenna fed; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Breast cancer; Imaging; Microstrip antennas; Wide-slot antenna; microwave breast imaging; ultra-wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2012 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Kaohsiung

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1330-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1331-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2012.6421780

Filename

6421780