UWB Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna with Metamaterial Slabs and Dielectric Enclosure for Microwave to Millimeter Wave Imaging Applications

被引:7
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作者
Asok, Athul O. [1 ]
Dey, Sukomal [1 ]
机构
[1] Indian Inst Technol Palakkad, Elect Engn, Kozhippara, Kerala, India
关键词
AVA; microwave; millimeter wave; corrugations; dielectric lens; metamaterial slabs; dielectric enclosure; imaging;
D O I
10.1109/APMC52720.2021.9661587
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This work presents a modified Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna (AVA) designed for microwave and millimeter wave imaging applications. First the AVA is designed as reference. Then to obtain high gain at lower frequency, corrugations are added, followed by dielectric lens, metamaterial slabs and a dielectric cavity to improve the gain at higher frequencies to make the antenna desirable for microwave and millimeter wave imaging applications. The proposed structure demonstrates simulated return loss of > 10 dB over 2.2 - 50 GHz with a peak gain of 19 dBi at 32 GHz.
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