Title :
Effects of vehicle furnishings on performance of aperture mounted multi-band conformal automotive antenna
Author :
Zhang, Hui ; Low, Lester ; Rigelsford, Jonathan ; Langley, Richard
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield
Abstract :
The effects of vehicle furnishings on the performance of a planar multi-band window mounted automotive antenna are discussed. Simulated and measured antenna performance together with field distributions within the vehicle cabin at 900 MHz and 1800 MHz shows the importance of including sufficient cabin furnishings in an electromagnetic model.
Keywords :
automotive electronics; conformal antennas; mobile antennas; multifrequency antennas; aperture mounted multiband conformal automotive antenna; electromagnetic model; field distributions; frequency 1800 GHz; frequency 900 MHz; planar multiband window mounted automotive antenna; vehicle cabin; vehicle furnishing effect; Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Automotive engineering; Dipole antennas; Electromagnetic modeling; Frequency; Glass; Microwave antennas; Probes; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4753-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-3-00-024573-2
