Design of Low-Profile Ultrawideband Conformal Array Antennas for Microwave Brain Imagers

Xiang Gao; Zekun Zhang; Xianchao Zhang; Xinguang Yu; Rui Zong; Heng Liu

doi:10.1109/APCAP59480.2023.10469948

Design of Low-Profile Ultrawideband Conformal Array Antennas for Microwave Brain Imagers

Xiang Gao^*, Zekun Zhang, Xianchao Zhang^*, Xinguang Yu, Rui Zong, Heng Liu

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School of Information and Electronics

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This paper presents the design of low-profile ultrawideband conformal array antennas for microwave brain imaging applications. The radiating element features a double-layer folded log-periodic structure for bandwidth enhancement and size miniaturization. Taking advantage of the difference between the dielectric constants of the air and the brain or brain matched substance, the antenna exhibits the unidirectional radiation pattern with a high front-to-back ratio. The proposed low-profile radiating element has a size of around 91 × 64 × 1 mm³ and a wide operating bandwidth of 0.5-3 GHz, thus very suitable for conformal array design and high-resolution brain imagers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2023 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350326277
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APCAP59480.2023.10469948
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	11th IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2023 - Proceedings - Guangzhou, China Duration: 22 Nov 2023 → 24 Nov 2023

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City	Guangzhou
Period	22/11/23 → 24/11/23

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Gao, X., Zhang, Z., Zhang, X., Yu, X., Zong, R., & Liu, H. (2023). Design of Low-Profile Ultrawideband Conformal Array Antennas for Microwave Brain Imagers. In 2023 IEEE 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2023 - Proceedings (2023 IEEE 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2023 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/APCAP59480.2023.10469948

Gao, Xiang ; Zhang, Zekun ; Zhang, Xianchao et al. / Design of Low-Profile Ultrawideband Conformal Array Antennas for Microwave Brain Imagers. 2023 IEEE 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2023 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. (2023 IEEE 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2023 - Proceedings).

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Gao, X, Zhang, Z, Zhang, X, Yu, X, Zong, R & Liu, H 2023, Design of Low-Profile Ultrawideband Conformal Array Antennas for Microwave Brain Imagers. in 2023 IEEE 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2023 - Proceedings. 2023 IEEE 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2023 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 11th IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2023 - Proceedings, Guangzhou, China, 22/11/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/APCAP59480.2023.10469948

Design of Low-Profile Ultrawideband Conformal Array Antennas for Microwave Brain Imagers. / Gao, Xiang; Zhang, Zekun; Zhang, Xianchao et al.
2023 IEEE 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2023 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. (2023 IEEE 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2023 - Proceedings).

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Gao X, Zhang Z, Zhang X, Yu X, Zong R, Liu H. Design of Low-Profile Ultrawideband Conformal Array Antennas for Microwave Brain Imagers. In 2023 IEEE 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2023 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023. (2023 IEEE 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2023 - Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/APCAP59480.2023.10469948

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