Title :
Modelling the installed performance of vehicle mounted antennas using TLM
Author :
Ruddle, A.R. ; Sarantidis, A. ; Ward, D.D.
Author_Institution :
Motor Ind. Res. Assoc., Nuneaton, UK
fDate :
April 1 1999-March 31 1999
Abstract :
Time-domain simulation techniques such as "transmission-line modelling" (TLM) are found to be particularly suitable in broad-band electromagnetic modelling of vehicles for the analysis of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). In addition, these same models could equally well be used to investigate and optimise the installed performance of vehicle mounted antennas. The results of a preliminary study, based on simple monopole antennas and a representative vehicle-like geometry, are used to illustrate the potential benefits of such analysis.
Keywords :
mobile antennas; TLM; automotive EMC analysis; broad-band electromagnetic modelling; electromagnetic compatibility; installed performance modelling; log-periodic dipole array antenna; monopole antennas; radiation patterns; time-domain simulation techniques; transmission-line modelling; vehicle mounted antennas; vehicle-like geometry; vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 1999. IEE National Conference on.
Conference_Location :
York, UK
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-713-6
