A Parametric Study On Performance Improvement Of A Tapered Slot Antenna

Keywords

directional radiation pattern; microwave head imaging; miniaturization; parametric study; tapered-slot antenna

Abstract

There are many medical applications that require antennas having high field penetration depth and a low profile. However, low profile/miniaturized antennas usually resonate at high frequencies, resulting in low penetration depths. Several studies have proposed the use of antennas with a coupling liquid for lowering the operating frequency of miniaturized antennas. However, immersing the antenna into a coupling liquid has some inherent drawbacks. In this work a parametric study has been carried out on a miniaturized tapered-slot antenna to improve its performance while eliminating the need of a coupling liquid. A dual-exponentially tapered antipodal slot antenna is proposed, which can provide a directional radiation pattern while also being compact.

Publication Date

12-1-2018

Publication Title

2018 IEEE Indian Conference on Antennas and Propagation, InCAP 2018

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/INCAP.2018.8770912

Socpus ID

85070222370 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85070222370

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