Title :
Effect of body gaps on conformal automotive antennas
Author :
Kim, Y. ; Walton, E.K.
Author_Institution :
I-Networking Lab., Samsung Adv. Inst. of Technol., Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea
Abstract :
The electromagnetic effects of the hood, trunk and door gaps of an automobile body are discussed. The results of a set of theoretical simulations and experimental measurements are presented to show the impact of such gaps on the input impedance gain patterns of automobile conformal antennas.
Keywords :
automobiles; conformal antennas; electric impedance; millimetre wave antennas; mobile antennas; automobile body gaps; conformal automotive antennas; electromagnetic effects; impedance gain patterns;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20045721
