《Log antenna for GPR》.pdf

A Logarithmic Spiral Antenna for 0.4 to 3.8 GHz This article reviews the design, simulation and measured performance of a broad- band antenna By Jesper Thaysen, Kaj B. Jakobsen and Jørgen Appel-Hansen Technical University of Denmark his article discusses a low-cost cavity buried non-metallic Anti-Personnel mines (AP- backed coplanar-waveguide to coplanar- mines) in a humanitarian mine detection sys- Tstrip fed logarithmic uniplanar spiral tem [4]. antenna that covers a 9:1 bandwidth with a In coaxial structures, such as coax cables, the return loss better than 10 dB from 0.4 to electrical wavelength is changed by a factor of 3.8 GHz. The IE3D computer program is used to 1 predict the performance of the spiral antenna in terms of radiation pattern and input impedance. ε r The obtained numerical results are in good agreement with the experimental data. The spi- due to the dielectric constant of the isolator [5]. ral antenna radiates from an active region that In antenna systems, dielectric loading can be is a frequency-dependent part of the structure. used with the same advantageous properties, The rotation of the radiation pattern as a func- although the antenna is a radiating structure. tion of frequency will also be discussed. The resonant fre