Journal
IEEE OPEN JOURNAL OF ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
Volume 2, Issue -, Pages 738-745Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/OJAP.2021.3089028
Keywords
Antennas; Horn antennas; Antenna radiation patterns; Microwave antennas; Loaded antennas; Breast cancer; Transmitting antennas; Microwave imaging; breast cancer; double ridged horn; compact antenna; ultra-wide band
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This paper introduces a novel and compact double-ridged horn (DRH) antenna for ultra-wide band microwave imaging, with theoretical considerations and electromagnetic numerical solver demonstrating its excellent performance and robustness. The proposed model has smaller dimensions compared to traditional antennas, but retains a large operating band, making it suitable for biomedical devices such as microwave imaging. Safety assessment confirms that the antenna can be safely used near human operators.
In this paper, we introduce a novel and compact double-ridged horn (DRH) antenna for ultra-wide band microwave imaging. We first develop theoretical considerations useful to derive effective design guidelines and, thus, realizing the antenna model. Afterwards, an electromagnetic numerical solver is employed to study the conceived antenna both in free space and in the presence of a biological load; in both the simulation set-ups, excellent radiating performance are obtained, demonstrating the antenna robustness. Finally, a prototype is fabricated and experimentally measured to validate the final design. The proposed model presents overall dimensions that are 30% smaller with respect to traditional and commercially available DRH antennas (151 mm x 108 mm x 146.6 mm), retaining, at the same time, a significantly large operative band (VSWR < 3 over the 1-9 GHz band). Among the broad class of possible applications, this frequency range is particularly suitable for biomedical devices, such as in microwave imaging, where reduced dimensions are fundamental in order to allow an easy integration within these systems. In addition, a safety assessment has been performed on the designed antenna, demonstrating that SAR is well below the regulating limits and it can be safely used in proximity of human operators.
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