A study of the radiation pattern of a GPS antenna on several vehicle platforms

Author

Alsliety, Mazen ; Aloi, Daniel

Author_Institution

Oakland Univ., Rochester

fYear

2007

fDate

17-20 May 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper studies the radiation pattern of a global positioning system (GPS) antenna on a ground plane and five distinct vehicle platforms. The antenna was mounted under the instrument panel (IP) in all vehicle platforms. Vehicle-level radiation pattern of a GPS antenna is measured on the five vehicle platforms in an automotive antenna range. Results are presented to show the impact of the vehicle platform on the GPS antenna radiation pattern. Vehicle-level antenna radiation patterns are compared to the radiation pattern of the same antenna on a ground-plane.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; antenna radiation patterns; automotive components; vehicles; GPS antenna; automotive antenna range; global positioning system; radiation pattern; vehicle platform; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Automotive engineering; Global Positioning System; Land vehicles; Radio frequency; Road vehicles; System performance; Telematics; Vehicle driving; GPS antenna; Telematics; radiation pattern; vehicle platform;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electro/Information Technology, 2007 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0941-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0941-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EIT.2007.4374436

Filename

4374436