MRI: Acquisition of Automotive Antenna Measurement Instrumentation (AAMI)

建议编号：0521352PI名称：Aloi，Daniel N.PI机构：奥克兰大学智力奖励：这笔赠款用于购买近场天线测量系统，用于汽车天线的研究和教育。该系统将是一个球形近场天线测量系统，能够在800 MHz至6 GHz的频率范围内测量各种车辆平台的车载天线性能。主要组件包括：(1)定位和控制设备，用于控制车载平台的运动；(2)信号源和接收器组件，用于产生射频测试信号并测量期望的源天线与被测天线之间的耦合；以及(3)数据采集和处理组件。这项研究将涉及车级测量技术、车载天线数学模型的开发以及车载集成天线的设计。更广泛的影响：这些设备将使奥克兰能够为不断增长的汽车远程信息处理领域做出贡献，该领域与安全(例如，广播碰撞和安全气囊展开等事件的位置和发生)、安全操作(例如，跟踪或禁用被盗车辆)以及便利性(例如，礼宾服务、导航辅助等)相关。行业合作和支持将是该项目的主要方面。这些设备还将大量用于本科教育、学生培训，以及密歇根州庞蒂亚克和密歇根州底特律公立学校对少数族裔的宣传。

Proposal Number: 0521352PI Name: Aloi, Daniel N.PI Institution: Oakland University Intellectual Merit: This grant funds the purchase a near-field antenna measurement system, for use in research and education on automobile antennas. The system will be a spherical near-field antenna measurement system capable of measuring on-vehicle antenna performance in the frequency range 800 MHz to 6 GHz for a variety of vehicle platforms. Major components include: (1) positioning and control equipment, which controls the motion of the vehicle platform; (2) signal source and receiver component, which generates the radio frequency test signal and measures the coupling between the desired source antenna and the antenna under test; and (3) the data collection and processing component. The research will involve vehicle-level measurement techniques, development of mathematical models for on-vehicle antennas and vehicle-integrated antenna designs. Broader Impacts: This equipment will allow Oakland to contribute to the growing field of automotive telematics, which has relevance to safety (e.g. broadcasting location and occurrence of events like collisions and airbag deployment), to security operations (e.g. track or disable stolen vehicles), and to convenience (e.g., concierge services, navigation assistance, etc.). Industrial collaborations and support will be major aspects of this project. The equipment will also be used heavily in undergraduate education, in student training, and in outreach to minorities in the Pontiac, Michigan and Detroit, Michigan public schools.`