INITIAL STUDY ON MICROWAVE TECHNIQUE TO FIND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTENUATION OF MICROWAVE AND THICKNESS OF A SUBJECT

Authors

  • Thomas Tan Wan Kiat Tomography Imaging and Instrumentation Research Group, School of Mechatronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra Campus, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
  • Mohd Hafiz Fazalul Rahiman Tomography Imaging and Instrumentation Research Group, School of Mechatronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra Campus, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
  • Soh Ping Jack Advanced Communication Engineering (ACE) CoE, School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra Campus, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
  • Ruzairi Abdul Rahim Process Tomography and Instrumentation Research Group, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v77.6461

Keywords:

Microwave tomography, non-destructive testing, diameter, attenuation

Abstract

This paper presents the initial study of microwave tomography in agriculture to investigate the effect of microwave signal on the thickness of a medium. In this project, a pair of antennas is used non-invasively where one of it acts as a transmitter and the other one as a receiver. The investigation was based on the transmission and reception of antennas in a transversal direction while several samples of mediums with different thickness are put between those antennas. The result obtained throughout this initial study had shown that the attenuation of microwave will vary with the diameter of the medium. The information and analysis of the preliminary results can be used as a reference for further investigation on the selected medium.

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Published

2015-11-24

Issue

Vol. 77 No. 17: Special Issue on Sensor Technology and Control System Applications Vol. 3

Section

Science and Engineering

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INITIAL STUDY ON MICROWAVE TECHNIQUE TO FIND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTENUATION OF MICROWAVE AND THICKNESS OF A SUBJECT. (2015). Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering), 77(17). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v77.6461