%0 Journal Article
%T Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna for Water Pipe Sensor and Telemetry
%A Giuseppe Ruvio
%A Domenico Gaetano
%A Max J. Ammann
%A Patrick McEvoy
%J International Journal of Geophysics
%D 2012
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2012/916176
%X An antipodal Vivaldi antenna operates simultaneously for telemetry and sensing when placed conformally onto PVC pipes. Good radiation efficiency is realised and the antenna impedance matching remains stable when a pipe is empty or contains water. The fidelity factor performance based on an input Ultra-Wideband Gaussian pulse is a suitable figure of merit to detect water presence. Different water levels and pipe conditions correspond to fidelity factors between 90% and 96%, which are a suitable dynamic range for sensing and the appropriate quality for pulse communications for remote monitoring.
%U http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijgp/2012/916176/