A Compact Conformal Windshield Antenna for Location Tracking on Vehicular Platforms

Autor:	Harshavardhini A, Esther Florence Sundarsingh, Sakthi Abirami B
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Physics Computer Networks and Communications Axial ratio Frequency band Acoustics Aerospace Engineering GPS signals Microstrip antenna Windshield Automotive Engineering Standing wave ratio Electrical and Electronic Engineering Antenna (radio) Circular polarization
Zdroj:	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 68:4047-4050
ISSN:	1939-9359 0018-9545
DOI:	10.1109/tvt.2019.2898709
Popis:	A conformal self-balanced asymmetric two-arm GPS antenna is proposed in this paper. The proposed antenna is designed at GPS L1 frequency band of 1.575 GHz. The antenna is designed on a windshield substrate, and the two arms of the antenna are truncated asymmetrically to achieve circular polarization. The antenna is fabricated by sputtering and electroplating. Furthermore, full wave simulations and measurements are performed to justify that the proposed antenna operates efficiently when conformed to the windshield of an automobile. VSWR of 1.065 and an axial ratio of 1.81 dB at 1.575GHz are obtained.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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