Progress in Compact Multifunction Automotive Antennas

Author

Cerretelli, M. ; Gentili, G. Biffi

Author_Institution

ASK Ind. SpA, Reggio Emilia

fYear

2007

fDate

17-21 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

96

Abstract

This paper reviews advances in vehicle mounted antennas developed into a long term R&D program in collaboration between the ASK Industries Group and the Microwave and Antenna Laboratory (LAM) of the University of Florence. Today an ever-increasing number of radio services have become available, therefore multifunction, multiband antenna systems are required. Examples are made of recently developed wideband, multi-band and multi-function automotive passive and active antenna systems for roof and internal mounting, designed to satisfy various attendant features such as compactness, radiation efficiency, robustness, aesthetic and aerodynamic profile and a low mass-production cost, that after all represents the most stringent requirement.

Keywords

active antennas; automotive components; broadband antennas; mobile antennas; mobile communication; multifrequency antennas; active antenna systems; aerodynamic profile; aesthetic profile; multifunction automotive antenna systems; multifunction multiband antenna systems; passive antenna systems; radiation efficiency; radio services; vehicle mounted antennas; wideband antenna systems; Aerodynamics; Amplitude shift keying; Automotive engineering; Broadband antennas; Collaboration; Costs; Laboratories; Microwave antennas; Robustness; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2007. ICEAA 2007. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0767-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0767-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2007.4387245

Filename

4387245