Simple and efficient decoupling of compact arrays with parasitic scatterers

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 2 PART 1, 2012, Pages 464-472

  Lau, Buon Kiong ^a   Andersen, JoØrgen Bach ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antenna array mutual coupling; Impedance matching; Parasitic antennas

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ANTENNAS; ANTENNA ARRAY MUTUAL COUPLING; ANTENNA IMPEDANCE; ANTENNA SPACINGS; CHOICE OF PARAMETERS; COMPACT ARRAYS; COUPLED ANTENNAS; DECOUPLING MECHANISM; DECOUPLING METHODS; DECOUPLING NETWORK; DESIGN APPROACHES; IMPEDANCE MATCHINGS; MOBILE TERMINAL; MULTIPLE ANTENNA; PARASITIC ANTENNAS; PERFECT MATCHINGS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; MOBILE PHONES; SCATTERING;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84856996426     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2173440     Document Type: Article

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