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2024-01-15
An Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna for a Drone-Mounted Ground Probing Radar
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 123, 53-61, 2024
Abstract
An antenna operating between 300\,MHz and 700\,MHz, designed to be used on a ground penetrating radar installed on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for the exploration and characterization of the buried ice deposits on Mars, is presented. To this end, a lightweight, high-gain Vivaldi antenna having compact dimensions and high operating bandwidth has been taken into consideration. This antenna, equipped with circular-loaded rectangular slots etched on its radiating arms, exhibits improved performance in terms of size, return loss, gain, and fidelity factor with respect to a conventional antipodal Vivaldi antenna. Experimental measurements performed on a prototype of the Vivaldi antenna with slots showed a return loss lower than -12 dB with realized gains between 4 dBi and 6.5 dBi in the 300-700 MHz frequency band.
Citation
Stefano Pisa, Federico Pastori, Renato Cicchetti, Emanuele Piuzzi, Orlandino Testa, Erika Pittella, Andrea Cicchetti, Paolo D'Atanasio, and Alessandro Zambotti, "An Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna for a Drone-Mounted Ground Probing Radar," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 123, 53-61, 2024.
doi:10.2528/PIERM23110603
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