Signal correlation between two normal-mode helical antennas for diversity reception in a multipath environment

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 572-577

  Hui, Hon Tat ^a   Ow Yong, W T ^a   Toh, K B ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antenna diversity; Helical antennas; Mutual impedance; Signal correlation

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ANTENNA DIVERSITY; MONOPOLE ANTENNA; MUTUAL IMPEDANCE; SIGNAL CORRELATION; VOLTAGE-STANDING WAVE RATIO;

HELICAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 1942456516     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.823950     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. R. G. Vaughan and J. B. Andersen, "Antenna diversity in mobile communication," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 36, pp. 149-172, Nov. 1987.
2. F. Adachi, M. T. Feeney, A. G. Williamson, and J. D. Parsons, "Crosscorrelation between the envelopes of 900 MHz signals received at a mobile radio base station site," Proc. Inst. Elect. Eng. F, vol. 133, no. 6, pp. 506-512, Oct. 1986.
3. Y. Ebine and Y. Yamada, "A vehicular-mounted vertical space diversity antenna for a land mobile radio," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 40, pp. 420-425, May 1991.
4. R. G. Vaughan and N.L. Scott, "Closely spaced monopoles for mobile communications," Radio Sci., vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 1259-1266, Nov.-Dec. 1993.
5. M. A. Jense and Y. Rahmat-Samii, "Performance analysis of antennas for hand-held transceivers using FDTD," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 42, pp. 1106-1113, Aug. 1994.
6. R. G. Vaughan, "Pattern translation and rotation in uncorrelated source distributions for multiple beam antenna design," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 46, pp. 982-990, July 1998.
7. J. S. Colburn, Y. Rahmat-Samii, M. A. Jensen, and G. J. Pottie, "Evaluation of personal communications dual-antenna handset diversity performance," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 47, pp. 737-746, Aug. 1998.
8. R. G. Vaughan, "Switched parasitic elements for antenna diversity," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 47, pp. 399-405, Feb. 1999.
9. O. Norklit, P. D. Teal, and R. G. Vaughan, "Measurement and evaluation of multiantenna handsets in indoor mobile communication," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 49, pp. 429-437, Mar. 2001.
10. S. C. K. Ko and R. D. Murch, "Compact integrated diversity antenna for wireless communications," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 49, pp. 954-960, June 2001.
11. C. B. Dietrich Jr, K. Dietze, J. R. Nealy, and W. L. Stutzman, "Spatial, polarization, and pattern diversity for wireless handheld terminals," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 49, pp. 1271-1281, Sept. 2001.
12. G. J. Foschini, "Layered space-time architecture for wireless communication in a fading environment when using multiple antennas," Bell Labs Tech. J., vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 41-59, 1996.
13. G. J. Foschini and M. Gans, "On the limits of wireless communications in a fading environment when using multiple antennas," Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 311-335, 1998.
14. J. D. Kraus, Antennas. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988, ch. 7.
15. R. H. Clarke, "A statistical theory of mobile-radio receptions," Bell Syst. Tech. J., pp. 957-1000, July-Aug. 1968.
16. I. J. Gupta and A. A. Ksienski, "Effect of mutual coupling on the performance of adaptive arrays," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. AP-31, pp. 785-791, Sept. 1983.
17. C. T. Tai, "A new theory of receiving antennas," in Proc. AP-S Int. Symp., vol. 2, 2001, pp. 196-199.
18. A. W. Love, "Comment: on the equivalent circuit of a receiving antenna," IEEE Antennas Propagat. Mag., vol. 44, pp. 124-125, Oct. 2002.
19. E. C. Jordan, Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1968, ch. 11.
20. R. E. Collin, Antennas and Radiowave Propagation. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985.
21. H. T. Hui, "Improved compensation for the mutual coupling effect in a dipole array for direction finding," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 51, pp. 2498-2503, Aug. 2003.
22. R. S. Adve and T. K. Sarkar, "Compensation for the effects of mutual coupling on direct data domain adaptive algorithms," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 48, pp. 86-94, Jan. 2000.
23. R. F. Harrington, Field Computation by Moment Methods. New York: IEEE Press, 1993.