ON THE DESIGN OF ULTRA-WIDE BAND ANTIPODAL VIVALDI ANTENNA FOR BIOMEDICAL SENSORS

Abstract

Designing an effective antenna is very important to utilize microwave imaging. A high gain antipodal antenna designed with ultra-wideband frequency range is presented here. The simulated results are validated with measured data. The antenna can operate within the Ultra band frequency range of 3 to 8 GHz. The maximum gain of 2.96 dBi is obtained at 4 GHz. An experiment with biological tissues is also done to show the effectiveness of the antenna using as a resonator.