DocumentCode
2245777
Title
Wire-grid modelling of vehicles with flush-mounted window antennas
Author
Austin, B.A. ; Najm, R.K.
Author_Institution
Liverpool Univ., UK
fYear
1991
fDate
15-18 Apr 1991
Firstpage
950
Abstract
Conformal or flush-mounted window antennas of various types have recently become popular on commercial vehicles. Their performance, however, is generally less well characterised than that of their more conventional counterparts. The paper presents some results from a study of the effects of the vehicle body on the performance of various conformal window antennas at VHF. The objective is to develop a design procedure for these antennas when used either singly or within diversity schemes. The NEC-2 moment method (MM) code was used for all the simulations and the results were compared with full scale measurements
Keywords
automobiles; digital simulation; mobile antennas; receiving antennas; telecommunications computing; wires (electric); NEC-2 moment method code; VHF; computer modelling; conformal window antennas; design; flush-mounted window antennas; full scale measurements; simulations; vehicle body; vehicles; wire grid modelling;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation, 1991. ICAP 91., Seventh International Conference on (IEE)
Conference_Location
York
Print_ISBN
0-85296-508-7
Type
conf
Filename
98396
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