Planar array antenna design with beam shaping for ETCS-RSE

Author

Jae-Su Jang ; Nyung-Hak Kang ; YeongWoo Koo ; Jae-Kwon Ha

Author_Institution

KT Center, BlueWaveTel Co., Ltd., Daejeon, South Korea

fYear

2013

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

1185

Lastpage

1187

Abstract

A new planar array antenna with special beam shaping for ETCS-RSE (Electronic Toll Collection System-Road Side Equipment) is presented. The proposed 10×10 array antenna was obtained flat-topped radiation pattern by using Woodward and Lawson pattern synthesis. The measured electrical performances of the fabricated antenna in an operating band of 5.79 ~ 5.85 GHz showed VSWR of less than 1.72, antenna gain of more than 14.3dBi, and 3dB beam width of about 33°, low side lobe level of more than 26dB outside of ±34°.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microwave antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; road pricing (tolls); ETCS; Lawson pattern synthesis; RSE; Woodward pattern synthesis; antenna fabrication; beam shaping; electrical performance measurement; electronic toll collection system; flat topped radiation pattern; frequency 5.79 GHz to 5.85 GHz; planar array antenna design; road side equipment; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Electric variables measurement; Microwave antenna arrays; Planar arrays; ANTENNA; BEAM SHAPING; FLAT-TOPPED PATTERN; LOW SIDE LEVEL;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2013 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Seoul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2013.6695064

Filename

6695064