A flush-mounted multifunctional slot aperture (combo-antenna) for automotive applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 563-571

  Filipović, Dejan S ^a   Volakis, John L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular slot; Antenna radiation patterns; Automobile; Conformal antennas; Flush mounted antennas; Gain; Input impedance; Spiral antennas

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; RADIO BROADCASTING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANNULAR SLOT; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; COMBO ANTENNA; DIGITAL AUDIO BROADCASTING; FINITE ELEMENT BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHOD; FLUSH MOUNTED ANTENNAS; INPUT IMPEDANCE; SPIRAL ANTENNAS;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 1942424792     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.823927     Document Type: Article

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