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Novel adaptive blind spot detector using square modified cantor fractal microstrip antenna array
Author(s) -
Mondal Tapas,
Roy Taniya,
Ghatak Rowdra,
Chaudhuri Sekhar Bhadra
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.29021
Subject(s) - return loss , optics , bandwidth (computing) , fractal antenna , broadside , microstrip antenna , microstrip , fractal , physics , acoustics , antenna (radio) , electronic engineering , electrical engineering , engineering , telecommunications , mathematics , coaxial antenna , mathematical analysis
ABSTRACT This article proposes an adaptive vehicular antenna array with four analog variable phase shifters and a corporate feed network to tilt the main beam in any broadside direction and scan the blind spot zone. Square modified cantor fractal geometry of each element achieves 65% surface reduction, measured 75 MHz bandwidth, 5.5 dB gain, −32 dB return loss, and an array gain of 11 dB at 5.88 GHz dedicated short range communication service frequency band. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 57:1067–1072, 2015