A Twelve-Beam Steering Low Profile Patch Antenna with Shorting Vias for Vehicular Applications
- Submitting institution
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The University of Essex
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 1176
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1109/TAP.2017.2715367
- Title of journal
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Article number
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- First page
- 3905
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 8
- ISSN
- 0018-926X
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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C - Communications and Networking (Comms)
- Citation count
- 23
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Beam steering antennas for vehicular networking/satellite communication can provide an efficient way to mitigate fading and noise effects by forming a beam towards an intended direction. However, since they require phase-shifters they are complex, heavy and extremely lossy. The paper proposes a highly-novel phase-shifter free beam steering antenna capable of providing beams in 12 directions for standard vehicular applications. This work is significant in terms of wide efforts to replace phase-shifters and because scaled down versions can work in mm-waves, desirable to the low-orbit satellite communication industry. The work also instigated discussions with Catapult CSA and ongoing commercialisation plans.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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