• DocumentCode
    3072306
  • Title

    Parametric Study of Roof Geometry and Roof Rack Crossbar Effects on the Performance of Multi-Band Vehicle Antennas

  • Author

    Bekaryan, Arthur ; Song, Hyok J. ; Hsu, Hui-Pin ; Wiese, Richard W.

  • Author_Institution
    HRL Labs., LLC, Mali, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-23 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A parametric study of the roof geometry and roof rack crossbar interactions with a multi-antenna module is presented. The effects of varying roof curvatures on the antenna performance are analyzed and compared to a flat roof. In addition, roof rack interactions for varying roof rack crossbar locations relative to the antenna are studied for different roof curvature cases. The results for GPS and SDARS will be presented.
  • Keywords
    Global Positioning System; geometry; multifrequency antennas; satellite antennas; GPS; Global Positioning System; SDARS; multiantenna module; multiband vehicle antennas; roof curvature; roof geometry; roof rack crossbar effects; satellite digital audio radio system; Directive antennas; Frequency; Geometry; Global Positioning System; Parametric study; Performance analysis; Production; Satellite antennas; Shadow mapping; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vehicular Technology Conference Fall (VTC 2009-Fall), 2009 IEEE 70th
  • Conference_Location
    Anchorage, AK
  • ISSN
    1090-3038
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2514-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1090-3038
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VETECF.2009.5379064
  • Filename
    5379064