GA design of a thin-wire bow-tie antenna for GPR applications

Author

van Coevorden, C.Md.J. ; Bretones, Amelia Rubio ; Pantoja, Mario Fernández ; Ruiz, Francisco J García ; García, Salvador G. ; Martín, Rafael Gómez

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electromagnetismo, Univ. of Granada, Spain

Volume

44

Issue

4

fYear

2006

fDate

4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1004

Lastpage

1010

Abstract

A microgenetic algorithm has been applied to design a new ultrawideband thin-wire bow-tie antenna for ground-penetrating radar applications. The broadband performance of the antenna is achieved by resistive loading and by optimizing the number of wires and the angular distances between those wires. The radiation characteristics of the optimized antenna are discussed, and its performance is compared to that of a resistively loaded Wu-King dipole.

Keywords

bow-tie antennas; genetic algorithms; ground penetrating radar; remote sensing by radar; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband radar; antenna design; antenna optimization; ground-penetrating radar; microgenetic algorithm; radiation characteristics; resistive loading; ultrawideband thin-wire bow-tie antenna; Adaptive arrays; Broadband antennas; Dipole antennas; Ground penetrating radar; Loaded antennas; Radar antennas; Receiving antennas; Reflector antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Wire; GPR antenna design; Genetic algorithms (GAs); ground-penetrating radar (GPR); thin-wire antennas; ultrawideband antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TGRS.2005.862264

Filename

1610835