Isolation enhancement between two closely packed antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3411-3419

  Mak, A C K ^a   Rowell, C R ^a   Murch, R D ^b  

^a HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diversity antennas; Multiple input and multiple output (MIMO); Mutual coupling; Planar inverted F antenna (PIFA); Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA GROUNDS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; DESIGN; FREQUENCY BANDS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MIM DEVICES; MULTIPLEXING; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DIVERSITY ANTENNAS; MULTIPLE INPUT AND MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO); MUTUAL COUPLING; PLANAR INVERTED F ANTENNA (PIFA); WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 57149137769     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.2005460     Document Type: Article

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