Title :
Analysis of conformal automobile antennas, theory and experiment
Author :
Horiki, Y. ; Walton, E.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
Abstract :
Intelligent Transport System (ITS) has been required to integrate many types of antennas on an automobile. As a consequence of this trend, theoretical or sub-scale analysis for low cost prediction of antenna characteristics is increasingly used. This paper examines relations between a theoretical testing and a sub/full-scale measurement for development of automobile FM conformal antennas.
Keywords :
VHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; automated highways; automotive components; computational electromagnetics; conformal antennas; method of moments; FM antennas; antenna testing; automobile conformal antennas; azimuth gain patterns; electromagnetic surface patch code; gain pattern characteristics; general purpose method of moments; ground plane effect; horizontal polarization; input impedance characteristics; intelligent transport system; metallic model; subscale analysis; tapered gap antenna; vertical polarization; Antenna measurements; Antenna theory; Automobiles; Azimuth; Frequency; Impedance measurement; Intelligent systems; Performance evaluation; Testing; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Columbus, OH, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7846-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2003.1219325
