Design of a robust and low-cost monocone antenna element for use in vehicle roof-mounted antenna arrays

Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2013-01
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Gardill, Markus  
Fischer, Georg  
Weigel, Robert  
Kölpin, Alexander  orcid-logo
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/6829
Start Page
112
End Page
114
Article Number
6486658
Citation
IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, RWS: 6486658 (2013-01)
Contribution to Conference
IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, RWS 2013  
Publisher DOI
10.1109/RWS.2013.6486658
We present the design of a wideband monocone antenna element having more than one octave impedance as well as pattern bandwidth. It is optimized for use in vehicle roof-mounted antenna arrays for spatial processing in an ultra-wideband local positioning secondary radar system, operating in the frequency range from 5 GHz to 8 GHz. We focus on a low-cost design, offering mechanical robustness, being ruggedized towards environmental influence, and achieving small physical dimensions using a protective dielectric-encapsulated design. In addition, we suggest a solderless and robust interconnection between coaxial connector and antenna element. The antenna element allows for arbitrary planar array geometries with grid spacing at the order of the lowest frequency of operation and a simple integration in any vehicle with a metallic roof.
Subjects
Antenna arrays
Ultra wideband antennas