Title: Magnetic-field antenna for mobile reception of horizontally-polarised digital television-band signals

Authors: Kent Chamberlin; Benjamin McMahon

Addresses: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA ' Bae Systems, FAST Labs, Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054, USA

Abstract: This paper addresses a solution for an unmet need in the off-the-shelf antenna market. That unmet need is for a low-cost, wideband, Very-High and Ultra-High Frequency (VHF and UHF) and horizontally-polarised antenna that is suitable for mounting on vehicles. The solution that is described here is a magnetic field antenna that performs in the bands of interest, where its performance has been enhanced by the use of high-frequency magnetic materials. Although this antenna is not yet available commercially, it can be fabricated using readily available materials. Comparison data are presented that show that the magnetic-field antenna has reception characteristics very similar to currently-available antennas, although it is far better suited for mobile applications.

Keywords: magnetic-field antenna; H-field antenna; Hertzian dipole; DTV; digital television antenna; datacasting; isotropic horizontal polarisation antenna; electrically-small broadband antenna.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWMC.2020.110187

International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing, 2020 Vol.19 No.2, pp.133 - 137

Accepted: 08 Jan 2020
Published online: 08 Oct 2020 *

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