Quarter-Wave Balun Fed Vivaldi Antenna Pair for V2X Communication Measurement

Abstract

A dual-polarized Vivaldi antenna pair has been designed for use in a vehicle-to-anything (V2X) measurement facility. The operating bandwidth is from 560 MHz to 7.7 GHz (173% fractional bandwidth), covering all the existing V2X communication frequencies. The ultrawideband (UWB) property was achieved by integrating quarter-wave baluns at the feeding point of two orthogonally crossed Vivaldi antennas. The measured port isolation between the two antennas is better than −28 dB. The cross-polarization discrimination of better than 17.2 dB and antenna gain of up to 9.2 dB have also been realized across the whole bandwidth. Three of the designed antennas were mounted on a vehicle testing facility and were used to measure the radiation patterns of a roof-top shark antenna under four different V2X scenarios. That is, vehicle-to-pedestrian, vehicle-to-vehicle, and vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-network. The results have also been presented in this communication.