Telematic Antenna Testing
Authors: Dr. Donald G. Bodnar, Dr. Daniel N. Aloi
Publication: Electronic Component News Magazine (ECN) 2010
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Today’s automobiles have a wide variety of RF systems with antennas on them for Sirius and XM radio, collision avoidance radars, the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other systems. Conventional test facilities can only perform terrestrial directed pattern measurements of the antenna on the automobile. Special test facilities are required when the automobile must communicate with a satellite as well as other ground systems. Table 1 provides a partial list of satellite-based wireless systems below 2.5 GHz in frequency. This paper discusses a system specially designed for making antenna measurements from the zenith to the horizon. In addition, some of the issues involved in making satellite band measurements such as Sirius/XM and GPS and terrestrial band measurements such as CELL800 and CELL1800 are reviewed.
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