A high-efficient 3-D Nefer-antenna for LTE communication on a car

Author

Goncharova, Iuliia ; Lindenmeier, S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of High Freq. Technol. & Mobile Commun., Univ. of the Bundeswehr, Munich, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

3273

Lastpage

3277

Abstract

In this article a new antenna for Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication technology for automotive application is presented. It is designed to be set on the roof of a car underneath a standard plastic cover. Even though the antenna operates at a wide frequency band (from 698 MHz to 960 MHz and from 1470 MHz to 2700 MHz) in small mounting volume, the antenna requires no matching network. It obtains the demanded omnidirectional radiation pattern within all the above mentioned LTE frequency bands. A low-loss panel design enables a high efficiency of the antenna. The antenna properties are shown via simulation and measurement results of a functional demonstrator.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; antenna radiation patterns; automotive electronics; broadband antennas; omnidirectional antennas; 3D Nefer-antenna; LTE communication; LTE frequency bands; automotive application; car roof; frequency 1470 MHz to 2700 MHz; frequency 698 MHz to 960 MHz; long term evolution communication technology; low-loss panel design; omnidirectional radiation pattern; wide frequency band; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Gain; Gain measurement; Long Term Evolution; LTE antenna; automotive; wide-band;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902527

Filename

6902527