Novel Time-domain Ultra-wide Band TEM Horn Antenna for Highway GPR Applications

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Abstract Based on transmission line theory and impedance transition, we design an ultra-wideband Transverse ElectroMagnetic (TEM) horn antenna that takes advantage of index gradient structure and loading techniques and is optimized for highway Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) applications. We use numerical simulation to analyze the effects of different curved surfaces as an extension of the antenna and further improve the antenna performance by the use of a metallic reflective cavity and distributed resistor loading. We then fabricated an antenna based on the optimization results and determined the Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) of the antenna to be less than 2 for bandwidths ranging from 0.9-12.6 GHz. The waveform fidelity of the antenna is also good and when we applied this antenna to highway scenarios, it achieved good results.

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	Yin De
	Ye Shengbo
	Liu Jinwei
	Ji Yicai
	Liu Xiaojun
	Fang Guangyou

Key words： Ultra-wide band Horn antenna Index gradient Surface extension

Received: 2017-01-05; Published: 2017-09-04

Fund: Beijing Transportation Industry Science and Technology Project (7C1405473)

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Yin De,Ye Shengbo,Liu Jinwei et al. Novel Time-domain Ultra-wide Band TEM Horn Antenna for Highway GPR Applications[J]. JOURNAL OF RADARS, 2017, 6(6): 611-618.

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