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Abstract
We propose a method for synthesizing ultra-wideband pulses using a vector network analyzer and a wideband transceiving log-periodic antenna. The transfer characteristic of the antenna-feeder transmission line of the system is described by the model of a two-port network whose S-matrix elements are calibrated for at least two heights of the antenna above the reflecting surface (metal plate). The proposed method of calibrating the transfer characteristic of a log-periodic antenna allows one to minimize the amplitude- and phase-frequency distortions, which are introduced to the sensing pulse by the antenna. Employing the developed method, we experimentally demonstrate a possibility of synthesizing an ultra-wideband pulse with a duration of 0.46 ns at the level of half amplitude of the envelope (when the pulse contains several field oscillations) using a log-periodic antenna with a passband of 1.36 to 4.88 GHz (at the level −10 dB). This method is specially developed for creating miniature radar systems using portable vector network analyzers and log-periodic antennas for applications to remote sensing of an underlying surface by ultra-wideband pulses from small-size unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics contains the most recent and best Russian research on topics such as:
Radio astronomy;
Plasma astrophysics;
Ionospheric, atmospheric and oceanic physics;
Radiowave propagation;
Quantum radiophysics;
Pphysics of oscillations and waves;
Physics of plasmas;
Statistical radiophysics;
Electrodynamics;
Vacuum and plasma electronics;
Acoustics;
Solid-state electronics.
Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics is a translation of the Russian journal Izvestiya VUZ. Radiofizika, published by the Radiophysical Research Institute and N.I. Lobachevsky State University at Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia. The Russian volume-year is published in English beginning in April.
All articles are peer-reviewed.