The effect of the vehicle body on em propagation in tire pressure monitoring systems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3941-3949

  Zeng, Hua ^a   Hubing, Todd H ^b  

^a Hitachi America   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive; communication; electrically small antennas; tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA DESIGN; AUTOMOTIVE; CAR BODIES; ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; FREE SPACES; METALLIC COMPONENT; POWER TRANSFERS; RECEIVER ANTENNAS; TIRE SENSORS; TIRE-PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS; VEHICLE BODY; VEHICLE CHASSIS; WIRELESS INTERFACES;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; RAILROAD CARS; VEHICLES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84864691990     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2201091     Document Type: Article

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