A new ultrawide-bandwidth dielectric-rod antenna for ground-penetrating radar applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-377

  Chen, Chi Chih ^a   Rao, Kishore Rama ^a   Lee, Robert ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna; Broad bandwidth; Ground penetration radar (GPR); Landmine; Modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FREQUENCIES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

DIELECTRIC-ROD ANTENNAS;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 0038719707     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2002.802081     Document Type: Article

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