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On performance of hidden car roof antennas

Yousaf, Irfan LU and Lau, Buon Kiong LU (2018) European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2018
Abstract
Hidden antenna solutions for car roofs are of current interest to car manufacturers, to avoid having larger shark-fin based antenna systems to support growing number of wireless services. However, there are only a few studies in the literature on the integration of hidden antennas, particularly in relation to realistic roofs and propagation channels. This paper investigates the performance impact of hiding car roof-top antennas in roof cavities for an outdoor channel defined by an angular power spectrum. Different 700 MHz antenna concepts and roof cavity locations are considered for an idealized flat roof as well as a real curved roof. The results reveal that hiding antennas in cavities result in a minor mean effective gain (MEG) penalty... (More)
Hidden antenna solutions for car roofs are of current interest to car manufacturers, to avoid having larger shark-fin based antenna systems to support growing number of wireless services. However, there are only a few studies in the literature on the integration of hidden antennas, particularly in relation to realistic roofs and propagation channels. This paper investigates the performance impact of hiding car roof-top antennas in roof cavities for an outdoor channel defined by an angular power spectrum. Different 700 MHz antenna concepts and roof cavity locations are considered for an idealized flat roof as well as a real curved roof. The results reveal that hiding antennas in cavities result in a minor mean effective gain (MEG) penalty of up to 1 dB, for a flat rectangular car roof. However, a realistic roof curvature can largely offset the MEG loss. Moreover, different monopole-based antenna concepts can provide MEG variations of up to nearly 3 dB, indicating that significant performance gain can be achieved through an optimized design. (Less)
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European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2018
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5 pages
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European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2018
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London, United Kingdom
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2018-04-09 - 2018-04-13
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Simulation and Design of Integrated Vehicular Antennas
Simulation and design of Integrated Vehicular Antennas
ELLIIT LU P01: WP6 Vehicular communication
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English
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  abstract     = {{Hidden antenna solutions for car roofs are of current interest to car manufacturers, to avoid having larger shark-fin based antenna systems to support growing number of wireless services. However, there are only a few studies in the literature on the integration of hidden antennas, particularly in relation to realistic roofs and propagation channels. This paper investigates the performance impact of hiding car roof-top antennas in roof cavities for an outdoor channel defined by an angular power spectrum. Different 700 MHz antenna concepts and roof cavity locations are considered for an idealized flat roof as well as a real curved roof. The results reveal that hiding antennas in cavities result in a minor mean effective gain (MEG) penalty of up to 1 dB, for a flat rectangular car roof. However, a realistic roof curvature can largely offset the MEG loss. Moreover, different monopole-based antenna concepts can provide MEG variations of up to nearly 3 dB, indicating that significant performance gain can be achieved through an optimized design.}},
  author       = {{Yousaf, Irfan and Lau, Buon Kiong}},
  booktitle    = {{European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2018}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{On performance of hidden car roof antennas}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/42756305/yousaf_lau_eucap2018.pdf}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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