Characteristic mode based tradeoff analysis of antenna-chassis interactions for multiple antenna terminals

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 2 PART 1, 2012, Pages 490-502

  Li, Hui ^a,b   Tan, Yi ^c   Lau, Buon Kiong ^c   Ying, Zhinong ^d   He, Sailing ^b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenna array mutual coupling; Mobile communication; Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems

Indexed keywords

900 MHZ; ANTENNA ARRAY MUTUAL COUPLING; ANTENNA DESIGN; ANTENNA ELEMENT; CHARACTERISTIC MODES; DESIGN TRADEOFF; DIVERSITY GAIN; DUAL-BAND; EXCITATION CURRENTS; FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE TERMINAL; MULTIPLE ANTENNA; MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) SYSTEMS; MUTUAL COUPLING; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; REPRESENTATIVE CASE; TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS;

CHASSIS; DESIGN; MIMO SYSTEMS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84863012797     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2173438     Document Type: Article

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