V.F. Los'1, I.O. Porokhov2, S.V. Agasieva3, G.А. Gudkov4

1,4 LLC "Scientific and Production Innovative Company "HYPERION" (Moscow, Russia)

2,3 Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Moscow, Russia)

A microwave radiometry allow receive a temperature data of a human tissue by of its own electromagnetic radiation and thereby allow carry out a early recognition of oncological diseases, reveal inflammations of a different kind, since tissues temperature variations as a rule preceded to structural changes. Therefore it is important to work out a space-saving multichannel and/or multifrequency microwave diagnostic antenna, which may be placed on patient body or clothes for a long-term monitoring. Moreover it is proved, what microwave radiometry method allow to define impotent for agriculture a soil moisture, implement a monitoring of pipeline routes and earthy dams for the purpose of a leakage detection, to find a oil slick on a water surface, to monitoring a road condition, to determine forest and turfy fire. Miniaturization of antennas for all this applications is a very important since antennas mostly located on small pilotless vehicles, a vacant space on which is bounded. Hence a miniaturization of antenna dimensions is an actual problem.

Los' V.F., Porokhov I.O., Agasieva S.V., Gudkov G.А. Prospects for miniaturization of the sizes of electrically small antennas under operating frequency band restrictions. Electromagnetic waves and electronic systems. 2023. V. 28. № 4. P. 57−78. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18127/j15604128-202304-06 (in Russian)

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