Modulated elliptical slot antenna for electric field mapping and microwave imaging

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 733-741

  Abou Khousa, Mohamed A ^a   Ghasr, Mohammad Tayeb ^b   Kharkovsky, Sergey ^b   Pommerenke, David ^b   Zoughi, Reza ^b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric field measurement; elliptical slot; loaded slot; microwave imaging; modulated scatterer technique (MST); modulation depth; PIN diode; real time imaging

Indexed keywords

ELLIPTICAL SLOT; LOADED SLOT; MICROWAVE IMAGING; MODULATED SCATTERER; PIN DIODE; REAL-TIME IMAGING;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC FIELDS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; MODULATION; SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SLOT ANTENNAS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79952171381     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2103024     Document Type: Article

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