International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vol 7, No 6: December 2017

Ultra-Wideband Monostatic Antenna for behind the Wall Detection

Jawad Ali (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Johor, Malaysia)
Roshayati Yahya (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Johor, Malaysia)
Noorsaliza Abdullah (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Johor, Malaysia)
Syarfa Zahirah Sapuan (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Johor, Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Dec 2017

Abstract

This article introduces an ultra-wideband (UWB) shifted arc antenna, designed using Rogers RT-5880 Duroid substrate for the human detection behind the wall. The frequency for this proposed antenna ranges from 2.8 - 15.6 GHz with the gain of around 6.05 dB. A high gain for antenna has been achieved by the implementation of defected ground structure (DGS) method to make it a suitable configuration for through wall detection applications. For the verification of through wall detection configuration, a simulation-based experiment using ground penetrating radar (GPR) technology has been conducted. The results showed that proposed single antenna can act as a monostatic transceiver in order to detect human skin behind the concrete wall. Later, the reflections received from the target have been analyzed to detect and identify the antenna, wall and target for distance calculation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJECE

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE, ISSN: 2088-8708, a SCOPUS indexed Journal, SNIP: 1.001; SJR: 0.296; CiteScore: 0.99; SJR & CiteScore Q2 on both of the Electrical & Electronics Engineering, and Computer Science) is the official publication of the Institute of ...