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Model simplification and validation of virtual prototypes for vehicular antenna design

Yousaf, Irfan Mehmood LU ; Katare, Kranti Kumar LU and Lau, Buon Kiong LU (2020) 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020 In 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020
Abstract

Wireless connectivity is becoming an important feature in cars, which together with recent developments in car design point to the need to accurately predict the performance of real antennas in simulation, to speed up the design cycle. However, it is challenging to accurately represent structurally complex real cars in simulation. This paper proposes a car model simplification approach for designing vehicular antennas, exemplified using three progressively simplified models of a hatchback car. For validation, a monopole and a PIFA operating at 800 MHz and 2.4 GHz, respectively, were mounted and simulated at two locations on these prototypes. The proposed scheme reduced the computational time to less than a third, while maintaining... (More)

Wireless connectivity is becoming an important feature in cars, which together with recent developments in car design point to the need to accurately predict the performance of real antennas in simulation, to speed up the design cycle. However, it is challenging to accurately represent structurally complex real cars in simulation. This paper proposes a car model simplification approach for designing vehicular antennas, exemplified using three progressively simplified models of a hatchback car. For validation, a monopole and a PIFA operating at 800 MHz and 2.4 GHz, respectively, were mounted and simulated at two locations on these prototypes. The proposed scheme reduced the computational time to less than a third, while maintaining similar simulated antenna performance. Specifically, the antenna patterns of the simplest prototype and original one are correlated by 84% and 59% at 800 MHz and 2.4 GHz, respectively. Therefore, the proposed scheme is promising for real application.

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keywords
computational time, model simplification, monopole antenna, PIFA, Vehicular antenna
host publication
14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020
series title
14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020
article number
9136070
pages
5 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020
conference location
Copenhagen, Denmark
conference dates
2020-03-15 - 2020-03-20
external identifiers
  • scopus:85088667487
ISBN
9788831299008
DOI
10.23919/EuCAP48036.2020.9136070
project
Simulation and Design of Integrated Vehicular Antennas
Simulation and design of Integrated Vehicular Antennas
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English
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yes
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  author       = {{Yousaf, Irfan Mehmood and Katare, Kranti Kumar and Lau, Buon Kiong}},
  booktitle    = {{14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020}},
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  series       = {{14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020}},
  title        = {{Model simplification and validation of virtual prototypes for vehicular antenna design}},
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