A novel UWB horn antenna

This paper presents a new design of a Ultra-Wideband (UWB) horn antenna, with return loss lower than -10 dB across a broad frequency range of 300 MHz to 3 GHz. It is intended to be used in UWB radar whose goal is the detection of buried victims under debris. The proposed antenna is fed by a customiz...

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Published in2013 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI) pp. 876 - 877
Main Authors Dionisio, Carlos R. P., Tavares, Sergio, Takeo Kofuji, Sergio, Barbin, Silvio E.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2013
Subjects
Ground penetrating radar
Horn antennas
Impedance matching
Loss measurement
Ultra wideband antennas
Ultra wideband radar
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Summary:This paper presents a new design of a Ultra-Wideband (UWB) horn antenna, with return loss lower than -10 dB across a broad frequency range of 300 MHz to 3 GHz. It is intended to be used in UWB radar whose goal is the detection of buried victims under debris. The proposed antenna is fed by a customized balun that matches the input signal with the curvature of the antenna. As a result, this antenna may be used to increase the detection likelihood of buried people, due to its high gain.
ISSN:1522-3965
1947-1491
DOI:10.1109/APS.2013.6711097