Unfurlable folded-dipole UWB antenna for Mars explorer subsurface sensing

Chi-Chih Chen; Jonathan D. Young

doi:10.1117/12.383572

27 April 2000 Unfurlable folded-dipole UWB antenna for Mars explorer subsurface sensing

Chi-Chih Chen, Jonathan D. Young

Proceedings Volume 4084, Eighth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.383572
Event: 8th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, 2000, Gold Coast, Australia

Abstract

A novel but intuitive antenna design to achieve both broad frequency bandwidth as well as good efficiency is presented. This design utilizes unfurlable folded-dipole with its length mechanically tuned to specified operational frequency. Such antenna has been proposed for subsurface sensing on Mars surface and its prototype was built and tested. The test results verified the desired bandwidth and efficiency feature.

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Chi-Chih Chen and Jonathan D. Young "Unfurlable folded-dipole UWB antenna for Mars explorer subsurface sensing", Proc. SPIE 4084, Eighth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, (27 April 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.383572

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