CPW-Fed Transparent Antenna for Vehicle Communications
In this paper, a fully transparent multiband antenna for vehicle communications is designed, fabricated, and analyzed. The antenna is coplanar waveguide-fed to facilitate its manufacture and increase its transmittance. An indium-tin-oxide film, a type of transparent conducting oxide, is selected as...
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| author | Jorge Iván Trujillo-Flores Richard Torrealba-Meléndez Jesús Manuel Muñoz-Pacheco Marco Antonio Vásquez-Agustín Edna Iliana Tamariz-Flores Edgar Colín-Beltrán Mario López-López |
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| description | In this paper, a fully transparent multiband antenna for vehicle communications is designed, fabricated, and analyzed. The antenna is coplanar waveguide-fed to facilitate its manufacture and increase its transmittance. An indium-tin-oxide film, a type of transparent conducting oxide, is selected as the conductive material for the radiation path and ground plane, with 8 ohms/square sheet resistance. The substrate is glass with a relative permittivity of 5.5, and the overall dimensions of the optimized design are 50 mm × 17 mm × 1.1 mm. The main antenna parameters, namely, sheet resistance, reflection coefficient, and radiation diagram, were measured and compared with simulations. The proposed antenna fulfills the frequency requirements for vehicular communications according to the IEEE 802.11p standard. Additionally, it covers the frequency bands from 1.82 to 2.5 GHz for possible LTE communications applied to vehicular networks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc4bca4a5fc444d2a4abe29b52ff1af52023-11-20T11:51:28ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-08-011017600110.3390/app10176001CPW-Fed Transparent Antenna for Vehicle CommunicationsJorge Iván Trujillo-Flores0Richard Torrealba-Meléndez1Jesús Manuel Muñoz-Pacheco2Marco Antonio Vásquez-Agustín3Edna Iliana Tamariz-Flores4Edgar Colín-Beltrán5Mario López-López6Faculty of Electronics Sciences, Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla 72000, MexicoFaculty of Electronics Sciences, Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla 72000, MexicoFaculty of Electronics Sciences, Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla 72000, MexicoFaculty of Electronics Sciences, Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla 72000, MexicoFaculty of Computer Sciences, Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla 72000, MexicoCONACYT—Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Tonantzintla, Puebla 72840, MexicoFaculty of Electronics Sciences, Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla 72000, MexicoIn this paper, a fully transparent multiband antenna for vehicle communications is designed, fabricated, and analyzed. The antenna is coplanar waveguide-fed to facilitate its manufacture and increase its transmittance. An indium-tin-oxide film, a type of transparent conducting oxide, is selected as the conductive material for the radiation path and ground plane, with 8 ohms/square sheet resistance. The substrate is glass with a relative permittivity of 5.5, and the overall dimensions of the optimized design are 50 mm × 17 mm × 1.1 mm. The main antenna parameters, namely, sheet resistance, reflection coefficient, and radiation diagram, were measured and compared with simulations. The proposed antenna fulfills the frequency requirements for vehicular communications according to the IEEE 802.11p standard. Additionally, it covers the frequency bands from 1.82 to 2.5 GHz for possible LTE communications applied to vehicular networks.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/17/6001coplanar waveguidesvehicular networksIEEE 802.11pindium-tin oxide (ITO)transparent antenna |
| spellingShingle | Jorge Iván Trujillo-Flores Richard Torrealba-Meléndez Jesús Manuel Muñoz-Pacheco Marco Antonio Vásquez-Agustín Edna Iliana Tamariz-Flores Edgar Colín-Beltrán Mario López-López CPW-Fed Transparent Antenna for Vehicle Communications Applied Sciences coplanar waveguides vehicular networks IEEE 802.11p indium-tin oxide (ITO) transparent antenna |
| title | CPW-Fed Transparent Antenna for Vehicle Communications |
| title_full | CPW-Fed Transparent Antenna for Vehicle Communications |
| title_fullStr | CPW-Fed Transparent Antenna for Vehicle Communications |
| title_full_unstemmed | CPW-Fed Transparent Antenna for Vehicle Communications |
| title_short | CPW-Fed Transparent Antenna for Vehicle Communications |
| title_sort | cpw fed transparent antenna for vehicle communications |
| topic | coplanar waveguides vehicular networks IEEE 802.11p indium-tin oxide (ITO) transparent antenna |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/17/6001 |
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