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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2009.20.3.230

On-Glass Vehicle Antennas Using a Multi-Loop Structure  

Ahn, Seung-Beom (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University)
Kay, Young-Chul (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University)
Choo, Ho-Sung (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University)
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Abstract
In this paper, we propose a novel on-glass antenna for FM radio reception in a recreation vehicle(RV). We use a multi-loop structure that takes advantage of a broad matching bandwidth and a high vertical radiation gain by efficiently utilizing a given space of a quarter glass in spite of the simple planar structure. Transparency of the antenna is also improved by adjusting the stripline widths based on the induced current distributions. The proposed antenna is printed on a quarter glass of a commercial vehicle and antenna performances such as the return loss and the gain are measured in a semi-anechoic chamber. The result shows the average gain of -9.67 dBi along the bore-sight direction($\theta=90^{\circ}$, $\phi=270^{\circ}$) in the FM radio band(80$\sim$l10 MHz), which is higher than a commercial monopole typed on-glass antenna($G_{ave}$=-12.49 dBi) and micro-antenna($G_{ave}$=-19.24 dBi) mounted on the roof of the RV.
Keywords
On-Glass Antenna; Multi-Loop Structure; FM Radio Band;
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