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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2011
Ali Etebari, Ashburn, VA (US);
Jason Wolfson, Chantilly, VA (US);
Brian A. Whaley, Vienna, VA (US);
Mark Hibbard, Arlington, VA (US);
Ali Etebari, Ashburn, VA (US);
Jason Wolfson, Chantilly, VA (US);
Brian A. Whaley, Vienna, VA (US);
Mark Hibbard, Arlington, VA (US);
NIITEK, Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Abstract
A hybrid ground penetrating radar (GPR)/metal detector (MD) head includes a V-dipole GPR antenna and transmit and receive MD coils. One of the MD coils is arranged in a quadrupole configuration with a crossbar, and the V-dipole antenna is perpendicular to the crossbar. The legs of the V-dipole antenna may straddle the crossbar or may be on one side of the crossbar. The MD coils may be fabricated on a printed circuit board, which may be at a non-normal angle with respect to a central axis of the V-dipole antenna.