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Abstract

A proposed sensor for landmines detection consists of two parallel microstrip antennas placed on the same ground plane and with defected ground structure between them has been investigated. The microstrip patch array with defected ground structure has the advantage of a low mutual coupling compared with the classic one. The Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) is used to simulate the sensor for landmines detection.

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Professor Saber Zainud-Deen

Dr. Mosad Badr

Dr. Emadeldeen Hassan

Prof. Kamal Awadalla

Dr. Hamdy Sharshar