Coupling element-based dual-antenna structures for mobile terminal with hand effects

International Journal of Wireless Information Networks

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 146-157

  Azremi, Abdullah Al Hadi ^a,b   Ilvonen, Janne ^a   Valkonen, Risto ^a   Holopainen, Jari ^a   Kivekäs, Outi ^a   Icheln, Clemens ^a   Vainikainen, Pertti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coupling element based antenna; Dual antenna structures; FDTD method; Hand effect; Multi antenna system

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ELEMENT; CLOSE PROXIMITY; DIVERSITY GAIN; DUAL-ANTENNA STRUCTURES; FDTD METHOD; GAIN IMBALANCE; HAND EFFECT; HAND PALMS; MAXIMAL-RATIO COMBINING; MOBILE TERMINAL; MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEMS; PORT-TO-PORT ISOLATION; RELIABILITY LEVEL; SIMULATION STUDIES; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; VERTICAL POSITIONS;

CHASSIS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FREQUENCY BANDS; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 80052969749     PISSN: 10689605     EISSN: 15728129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10776-011-0154-0     Document Type: Article

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