Integrated 5.8 GHz phased array antenna, for electronic toll collection

Author

Villino, G. ; Passmann, C. ; Mansen, D. ; Brenzel, C. ; Wixforth, T.

Author_Institution

Robert Bosch GmbH, Hildesheim, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

7-12 June 1998

Firstpage

1215

Abstract

An integrated 3/spl times/8 element phased array receiving antenna combined with a 4/spl times/8 element transmit antenna for 5.8 GHz DSRC D_edicated S_hort R_ange C_ommunication has been built. The number of analog phaseshifters and antenna elements has been optimized to meet the specific requirements of the application and of the DSRC-standard. A sophisticated concept for the integration of analog beamformer, RF-chain, and array antenna has been developed to enable a design of the complete antenna system on a thin multilayer structure. The size of the whole antenna is 280 mm/spl times/400 mm/spl times/20 mm.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; microwave antenna arrays; 5.8 GHz; DSRC; RF chain; analog beamformer; analog phase shifter; dedicated short range communication; electronic toll collection; integrated phased array antenna; multilayer structure; Antenna arrays; Costs; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Nonhomogeneous media; Phased arrays; Prototypes; Receiving antennas; Transceivers; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4471-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1998.700593

Filename

700593