Eco-Friendly Metadome-Antenna Innovations for Wearable Millimeter Wave Radar Sensing

A compact and low-cost meta-radomized wearable grid array antenna (MTR-GAA) for radar sensing application at 24 GHz is presented. It is based on eco-friendly aluminum-cladded Polypropylene (PP) substrate. The overall MTR-GAA size is 40 × 40 × 1.74 mm3. Prototypes are fabricated and tested, achieving consistent agreement between simulation and measurements and meeting typical requirements for the envisioned Electronic Travel Aid (ETA) radar sensing applications to aid visually impaired people. A comparison with state-of-the-art 24 GHz wearable radar antennas is also provided to endorse the advantages of the proposed metadome-antenna ensemble for the target application.