Satellite radio diversity antenna systems

Author

Yegin, Korkut ; Harris, Brett W. ; Livengood, William R. ; Zhang, Shuping ; Cramer, Douglas A. ; Marrah, Jeff J.

Author_Institution

Delphi Electron. & Safety, Flint, MI

Volume

1B

fYear

2005

fDate

2005

Firstpage

72

Abstract

Most of the luxury vehicles utilize composite body with no metallic roof, which, in turn, necessitates the use of non-traditional antenna systems and mounting locations. On the other hand, a single SDAR antenna at a sub-optimal location is very unlikely to satisfy system requirements. Multiple antennas in a diversity setting offer a favorable solution for such cases. Two independent antennas combined at the receiver is the focus of this study. The antennas are implemented on two different composite body vehicles, and passive antenna range measurements as well as ride-data reveal that the diversity antenna system has a superb reception quality

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna arrays; digital audio broadcasting; direct broadcasting by satellite; diversity reception; receiving antennas; SDAR antenna; multiple antennas; passive antenna range measurements; receiver; satellite radio diversity antenna systems; superb reception quality; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Costs; Receiving antennas; Safety; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Testing; Transmitting antennas; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8883-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2005.1551486

Filename

1551486