The Design of a Resistively Loaded Bowtie Antenna for Applications in Breast Cancer Detection Systems

See, Chan Hwang; Abd-Alhameed, Raed A.; Chung, Siau Wei Jonis; Zhou, Dawei; Al-Ahmad, Hussain; Excell, Peter S.

Abstract

A resistively loaded bowtie antenna, intended for applications in breast cancer detection, is adaptively modified through modelling and genetic optimization. The required wideband operating characteristic is achieved through manipulation of the resistive loading of the antenna structure, the number of wires, and their angular separation within the equivalent wire assembly. The results show an acceptable impedance bandwidth of 100.75%, with a challenge VSWR

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Mar 1, 2012
• Publication Date: 2012-05
• Deposit Date: May 22, 2019
• Journal: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
• Print ISSN: 0018-926X
• Electronic ISSN: 1558-2221
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 2526-2530
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.2012.2189730
• Keywords: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1820405