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Through-The-Wall Detection With Gated FMCW Signals Using Optimized Patch-Like and Vivaldi Antennas

Fioranelli, F; Salous, S; Ndip, I; Raimundo, X; (2015) Through-The-Wall Detection With Gated FMCW Signals Using Optimized Patch-Like and Vivaldi Antennas. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation , 63 (3) 1106 - 1117. 10.1109/TAP.2015.2389793. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper presents the design and optimization of patch-like antennas for through-the-wall imaging (TTWI) radar applications in the frequency range 0.5-2 GHz. A basic antenna configuration is analyzed and modified through an optimization aiming at reducing the size of the antenna and focusing the radiated power in a single lobe to be directed toward the wall and the targets to be detected. Both the basic and the optimized antennas have been manufactured and tested. The optimized patch antennas and a conventional Vivaldi antenna have been successfully used in the frequency-modulated interrupted continuous wave (FMICW) radar system developed at Durham University. Results of a novel wall-removal technique for TTWI using numerical simulations and measurements aimed at the detection of stationary targets and people are presented.

Type: Article
Title: Through-The-Wall Detection With Gated FMCW Signals Using Optimized Patch-Like and Vivaldi Antennas
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2015.2389793
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2015.2389793
Language: English
Additional information: © 2015 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.
Keywords: CW radar, FM radar, microstrip antennas, numerical analysis, radar imaging, Antenna measurements, Antenna radiation patterns, Azimuth, Bandwidth, Gain, Radar antennas, Durham University, FMICW radar system, TTWI radar applications, Vivaldi antennas, antenna configuration, frequency 0.5 GHz to 2 GHz, frequency-modulated interrupted continuous wave radar system, gated FMCW signals, numerical simulations, patch-like antennas, stationary target detection, through-the-wall detection, through-the-wall imaging radar applications, Printed antennas, UWB radar, through-the-wall imaging, through-the-wall imaging (TTWI), ultrawide band (UWB) radar
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1462272
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