Mutual coupling in multi-antenna systems: Figures-of-merit and practical verification

European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2009, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1114-1118

  Volmer, Christian ^a   Weber, Jörn ^b   Stephan, Ralf ^a   Hein, Matthias A ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b EPCOS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; COMPACT ARRAYS; DIVERSITY MEASUREMENT; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEMS; MUTUAL COUPLING; MUTUAL COUPLING EFFECTS; OPTIMISATIONS; SCATTERING MATRICES;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 70349862171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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