Optimization of a Balanced Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna for Dual Polarization Ground Penetrating Radar

Marco Antonio Pumallica-Paro, Jorge Arizaca-Cusicuna, Milton Velasquez-Curo, Mark Clemente-Arenas

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Abstract

In this work, a novel Balanced Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna (BAVA) with 3 Elliptical Slots at the Edges (ESE) is proposed for application in a Dual Polarization Ground Penetrating Radar (DP-GPR). The several antenna parameters were optimized such as; bandwidth which was increased by lowering the Lower Cutoff Frequency (LCF) to 0.379 GHz; Cross-Polarization (CP) was reduced to less than-160 dB and the realized gain was increased by 224.9% at low frequencies and by 49% at mid frequencies. The antenna was designed and simulated on FR4 in a commercial electromagnetic field simulator.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728193779
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event27th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020 - Virtual, Lima, Peru
Duration: 3 Sep 20205 Sep 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020

Conference

Conference27th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020
Country/TerritoryPeru
CityVirtual, Lima
Period3/09/205/09/20

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords

  • Balanced Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna
  • Cross Polarization
  • Dual Polarization
  • Elliptical Slots at the Edges
  • Ground Penetrating Radar

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