Title :
Investigating the effect of grounding GPS antennas on their radiation properties on vehicular platforms
Author :
Aloi, D.N. ; Ghafari, Elias ; Steffes, A. ; Sharawi, Mohammad S.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Oakland Univ., Rochester, MI, USA
Abstract :
The global positioning system (GPS) has become a standard navigation tool in modern vehicular platforms. The location of the GPS antenna has a direct impact on the overall navigation system performance. In this work, we investigate the effect of shorting the GPS antenna placed on the front windshield of a vehicle to its rooftop GND plane. It is shown that such a connection will improve the gain of the antenna by several dBs.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; antenna radiation patterns; earthing; global positioning system; grounding GPS antennas; modern vehicular platforms; radiation properties; rooftop GND plane; standard navigation tool; Antenna radiation patterns; Automotive components; Global Positioning System; Patch antennas; Vehicles; Antenna Placement; GPS; Patch Antennas; Vehicular platforms;
Conference_Titel :
Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Newport Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2298-7
DOI :
10.1109/RWS.2014.6830074
