Design of PSR with Different Feed Configurations and Partition Lens System for Skin Cancer Treatment
Keywords:
Near field focusing lens, non-invasive cancer treatment, prolate spheroidal impulse radiating antenna, subnanosecond electric pulse, ultra wide band antennaAbstract
The Prolate Spheroidal Impulse Radiating Antenna (PSIRA) focuses pulsed radiation in the near field with a small beam width allowing the application of non-invasive skin cancer treatment. In this proposed work, SWB (Slanted Wire Bicone), EPH (Elliptical Profile Horn), TSVS (Tapered Slot Vivaldi Shape) and Tapered Arm Conical Plate (TACP) feed antenna configurations for Prolate Spheroidal Reflector (PSR) are explored to enhance the spatial resolution on biological target. The feed antenna is placed at the first focal point and the target is located at the second focal point of the PSR. Next, the resolution of focused electric field on the target is enhanced by using near field focusing lens. A 3 layer partition lens system is placed before the target to reduce the spot size of the focused field on the target. The delivery of subnanosecond pulses using reflector in conjunction with and without partition lens system on the biological target is compared for all feed antenna configurations. Tapered Arm Conical Plate (TACP) fed PSR with the 3 layer partition lens system greatly reduces the spot size to 0.5 cm along lateral direction and 1 cm along axial direction. The enhancement in spatial resolution is much favorable to reduce the damage of healthy tissues during cancer treatment.
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