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A comparative study of different radiometer antennas for soil moisture

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Abstract

This paper consists of a brief survey along with an elaborative comparison of different multi-beam antenna types which have been used in radiometers for Soil moisture measurements in the past few decades. For multi-beam phased array antennas, power distribution methods are compared with their strengths and drawbacks. Furthermore, to get more agile and controllable beams, some beamforming techniques have also been incorporated and studied for smart antenna designs. As time evolved, the need for smart, compact, and miniaturized radiometer systems evolved for remote sensing. So, this need led towards different techniques of miniaturization which are also reviewed in this paper. Furthermore, instead of single-band antennas, tri-band antennas gained more attention due to then-high resolution and large spatial coverage.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2020 27th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT)
EditorsFu-Chun Zheng, Oliver Holland
Place of PublicationPiscataway NY USA
PublisherIEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages126-130
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781728165875
ISBN (Print)9781728165882
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
EventIEEE International Conference on Telecommunications 2020 - Bali, Indonesia
Duration: 5 Oct 20207 Oct 2020
Conference number: 27th
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/9239409/proceeding (Proceedings)

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Telecommunications 2020
Abbreviated titleICT 2020
Country/TerritoryIndonesia
CityBali
Period5/10/207/10/20
Internet address

Keywords

  • Beamforming
  • Multi-band antennas
  • Phased array antennas
  • Soil moisture
  • Soil moisture active/passive (SMAP) mission
  • Substrate integrated waveguide (STW)

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