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MIMO handheld antenna design approach using characteristic mode concepts
Author(s) -
Ethier Jonathan,
Lanoue Eric,
McNamara Derek
Publication year - 2008
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.23509
Subject(s) - mimo , mobile device , microwave , electronic engineering , antenna (radio) , mode (computer interface) , engineering , envelope (radar) , conformal antenna , reconfigurable antenna , electrical engineering , directional antenna , 3g mimo , computer science , omnidirectional antenna , telecommunications , slot antenna , antenna efficiency , radar , beamforming , operating system
In handheld communications devices there is not much room for the placement of antennas. This problem is exacerbated when more than one antenna is needed for use in a MIMO communications system. It is then useful to be able to utilize some of the existing device structure to form the required antennas. In this article, we show how the characteristic mode theory can be used to achieve this in a way that results in antennas with the low envelope correlation preferred for MIMO antennas. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 1724–1727, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23509