Title :
Microstrip antenna for vehicular communications with improved axial ratio band
Author :
Varum, Tiago ; Matos, João N. ; Pinho, Pedro ; Abreu, Ricardo
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun., Campus Univ. de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
The use of microstrip antennas has grown in wireless communications in last few years. Due to their characteristics, simplicity and low cost of production, they allow the development of high quality and high efficiency antennas in diverse applications. The dedicated short range communications (DSRC) widely used in vehicular communications is one of the possible uses. In this paper, it is described the design of an antenna with characteristics according to the European standard for DSRC communications, and its radiation pattern is suited to road communications. Moreover, the antenna has the advantage of a wide frequency band where good circular polarization characteristics are shown.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; vehicular ad hoc networks; axial ratio band; circular polarization; dedicated short range communications; microstrip antenna; radiation pattern; vehicular communications; wireless communications; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Bandwidth; Microstrip; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Polarization; axial ratio bandwidth; circular polarization; dedicated short range communications; microstrip antennas;
Conference_Titel :
EUROCON - International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7486-8
DOI :
10.1109/EUROCON.2011.5929170
