2018-03-08
A Low Elevation Angle Conical Beam Antenna for CAPS-Based Vehicle Monitoring System
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 74, 17-22, 2018
Abstract
A new C-band monopole antenna is proposed for use in a CAPS-based vehicle monitoring system. This monopole antenna has highly omnidirectional main beam with low elevation angle and sufficient half-power beamwidth by using a cone-shaped ground plane. The impedance bandwidth defined by 10 dB return loss is 650 MHz (5.50-6.15 GHz), and the main beam elevation angle and the half-power beamwidth are about 20° and 40° at the operating frequency 5.885 GHz, respectively. The manufactured prototype has survived a long-distance terrestrial test across China, and the design requirements for the satellite link budget, volume, cost, etc. have been reached.
Citation
Feng Pang, Jungang Yin, Shengming Li, Junxia Cui, Yan Zheng, Chao Hu, Lihua Ma, Xiaolan Wang, and Qinghua Chi, "A Low Elevation Angle Conical Beam Antenna for CAPS-Based Vehicle Monitoring System," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 74, 17-22, 2018.
doi:10.2528/PIERL18012406
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