Printed antenna for DSRC systems with omnidirectional circular polarization

Author

Varum, Tiago ; Matos, João N. ; Pinho, Pedro ; Oliveira, Arnaldo

Author_Institution

Dept. de Electron., Telecomun. e Inf., Univ. de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

fYear

2012

fDate

16-19 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

475

Lastpage

478

Abstract

Emerging vehicular communications are a key to combat several mobility issues, like road safety and efficiency. Dedicated short range communications (DSRC) is a wireless technology, operating at 5.9GHz, designed for automotive use. To operate, this technology has two types of devices, one for vehicles and another for roadside. This paper presents the design of an antenna for the vehicle unit of the DSRC system. High bandwidth, omnidirectional radiation pattern with circular polarization and reduced dimensions make this antenna particularly suitable for this application.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; mobile radio; road safety; DSRC systems; dedicated short range communications; frequency 5.9 GHz; omnidirectional circular polarization; omnidirectional radiation pattern; printed antenna; road safety; vehicular antennas; vehicular communications; Antenna radiation patterns; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas; Polarization; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2012 15th International IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

ISSN

2153-0009

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-3064-0

Electronic_ISBN

2153-0009

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2012.6338677

Filename

6338677