DocumentCode :
284300
Title :
Conformal on-glass vehicle antennas at VHF
Author :
Austin, B.A. ; Najm, R.K.
Author_Institution :
Liverpool Univ., UK
fYear :
1993
fDate :
1993
Firstpage :
900
Abstract :
Previous work by the authors (see IEE Internat. Conf. on Antennas and Propag., vol.2, p.950, 1991) described the requirements for modelling a passenger vehicle and its rear-window heater when used as an unconventional receiving antenna for VHF broadcast reception. The complexity of the current distribution which results, both on the heater element as well as on the vehicle bodywork was discussed and the effects of this on the radiation patterns of various antennas were computed using the NEC 2 Moment Method code. Whereas it was realised that the glass substrate on which the antenna is mounted would alter its characteristics this effect was not quantified in that earlier study. Here they present the results of further research which, amongst other things, considers the effects of the glass on the performance of these antennas and includes comparative results from both the computer simulations and from an extensive measurement programme
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; mobile antennas; receiving antennas; road vehicles; NEC 2 Moment Method code; VHF broadcast reception; antenna performance; computer simulations; conformal on-glass vehicle antennas; current distribution; glass substrate; heater element; measurement; passenger vehicle; radiation patterns; rear-window heater; receiving antenna; vehicle bodywork;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
iet
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 1993., Eighth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-572-9
Type :
conf
Filename :
224776
Link To Document :
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