Title :
Custom-directional wideband PICA for multi-service vehicular applications
Author :
Pell, B.D. ; Sulic, E. ; Rowe, W.S.T. ; Ghorbani, K.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
A wideband antenna for use in the vehicular environment is presented, based on the uniplanar CPW fed PICA slot antenna. The antenna provides a very wide impedance bandwidth from 730 MHz to 15 GHz, sufficient for many of the wireless services used in modern automobiles. The radiating mechanism of the antenna is able to be described in two ways at various frequencies, leading to alternate radiation patterns for various services.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; automobiles; coplanar waveguides; mobile antennas; planar inverted-F antennas; slot antennas; antenna radiation mechanism; automobiles; bandwidth 730 MHz to 15 GHz; custom-directional wideband PICA; impedance bandwidth; multiservice vehicular application; planar inverted cone antenna; uniplanar CPW fed PICA slot antenna; wireless services; Automotive engineering; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Coplanar waveguides; Frequency; Impedance; Road vehicles; Satellite antennas; Slot antennas; Wideband; antennas; road vehicles; vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2009. APMC 2009. Asia Pacific
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2801-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2802-1
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2009.5384183
