Summary
International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
2006
Session Number:3B2b
Session:
Number:3B2b-1
Tapered Slot Antenna for Near-Field Microwave Imaging
A. M. Abbosh, M.E. Bialkowski,
pp.1-4
Publication Date:2006/11/2
Online ISSN:2188-5079
DOI:10.34385/proc.34.3B2b-1
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Summary:
This paper presents a tapered slot antenna to be used in a near-field microwave imaging system. The antenna contains a metallization layer to enhance the front-to-back ratio. The proposed antenna is assumed to be immersed in a high dielectric constant medium in order to get a good matching with the irradiated tissues of the human body. Results of simulation indicate that the proposed antenna can cover the ultra wide band from 1.8GHz to more than 12GHz with a high directivity. The time domain behaviour of the antenna is calculated and the antenna is found to have high fidelity.