Summary of Experiments with the Separated Aperture Technique of Dielectric Anomaly Detection

Abstract

This report summarizes experiments conducted for the Mine Detection Division, Counter-Mine, Counter-Intrusion Department. The objective of this report is to provide a condensed overview of the major things tried, with an indication of how well they worked, and a reference to the original report that will allow finding the more detailed description if desired. The objective of the experiments was to study and improve what has generally been called the separated aperture system of dielectric anomaly detection. The detection portion of the system is a 'head' made of a transmit antenna and a receive antenna separated by a flat plate called the 'septum'. While the items tested were primarily the different versions of the separated aperture heads, a small number of other antennas was also evaluated. These included broadband horns used for time domain measurements, a narrow band horn used for holographic imaging, and cross polarized antennas that were used in an antipersonnel mine detector.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA230438

Entities

People

  • Fred R. Clague

Organizations

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anomaly Detection
  • Anti-Personnel Mines
  • Bandwidth
  • Broadband
  • Change Detection
  • Corner Reflectors
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Engineering
  • False Alarms
  • Moisture Content
  • Printed Circuits
  • Three Dimensional
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.