Smart antennas based on Spatial Multiplexing of Local Elements (SMILE) for mutual coupling reduction

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 106-114

  Fredrick, Jonathan D ^a   Wang, Yuanxun ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital beamforming; Feed network; Mutual coupling; Patch antenna; Smart antenna; Spatial multiplexing; Spatial multiplexing of local elements (SMILE)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MULTIPLEXING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION;

DIGITAL BEAMFORMING; MUTUAL COUPLING; SMART ANTENNAS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 1542315996     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.818798     Document Type: Article

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