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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026

A Compact Aperture-Slot Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna for GPR Systems.

Feng Shen, Ninghe Yang, Chao Xia, Tong Wan, Jiaheng Kang

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Feng ShenSchool of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3671-7014
Ninghe YangSchool of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.ORCID 0009-0006-4447-8147
Chao XiaSchool of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
Tong WanSchool of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
Jiaheng KangSchool of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.ORCID 0009-0004-6884-8304

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 52371351, 61673128, 61573117, 41627801Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province F2015031
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Compact antennas with ultra-wideband operation and stable radiation are essential for portable and airborne ground-penetrating radar (GPR), yet miniaturization in the sub 3 GHz region is strongly constrained by the wavelength-driven aperture requirement and often leads to impedance discontinuity and radiation instability. This paper presents a compact aperture-slot antipodal Vivaldi antenna (AS-AVA) designed under a radiation stability-driven co-design strategy, where the miniaturization features are organized along the energy propagation path from the feed to the flared aperture. The proposed structure combines (i) aperture-slot current-path engineering with controlled meandering to extend the low-frequency edge, (ii) four tilted rectangular slots near the aperture to restrain excessive edge currents and suppress sidelobes, and (iii) back-loaded parasitic patches for coupling-based impedance refinement to eliminate residual mismatch pockets. A fabricated prototype on FR-4 (thickness 1.93 mm) occupies 111.15×156.82 mm

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GPR antenna designground penetrating radarnon-destructive testing (NDT)

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PMID41682328
PMCPMC12899646

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