Double-sided exponentially tapered GPR antenna and its transmission line feed structure

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2615-2622

  Chen, Ye ^a,b   Joines, William T ^a,b   Xie, Zhentian ^b   Shi, Guining ^b   Liu, Qing H ^a,b   Carin, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Double sided antenna; Double sided microstrip; GPR; Target detection; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA STRUCTURES; DIPOLE ARRAY MODELS; DOUBLE SIDED ANTENNAS; DOUBLE SIDED MICROSTRIPS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRIP LINES; TARGET TRACKING;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 33947095887     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.880729     Document Type: Article

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