Invisible antenna embedded in the roof of a car with high efficiency for reception of Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services (SDARS)

Author

Kammerer, J. ; Lindenmeier, S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of High Freq. Technol. & Mobile Commun., Univ. der Bundeswehr Munchen, Neubiberg, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

1609

Lastpage

1611

Abstract

For mobile reception of Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services (SDARS) in North America an invisible antenna is presented which is embedded in the roof of a car. Although the antenna is completely lowered in a metal cavity and covered by a thick dielectric part of the roof so that the surface profile of the car is not changed, the antenna shows a high efficiency and a large bandwidth in comparison to conventional SDARS receiving antennas as for example patch antennas. The antenna offers a small mounting volume and shows a radiation pattern which is tailored to the reception of SDARS signals transmitted via highly-elliptical-orbit satellites, geostationary earth orbit satellites and terrestrial repeaters. Simulation results, measurement results and field measurements show the high performance of this antenna.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; audio signal processing; mobile radio; receiving antennas; satellite communication; North America; SDARS receiving antennas; elliptical orbit satellites; geostationary earth orbit satellites; invisible antenna; metal cavity; mobile reception; patch antennas; radiation pattern; roof of a car; satellite digital audio radio service reception; terrestrial repeaters; thick dielectric; Antenna measurements; Metals; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546549