Dual-feed, single-CCE antenna facilitating inter-band carrier aggregation in LTE-A handsets

2013 7th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3954-3958

  Valkonen, Risto ^a   Lehtovuori, Anu ^a   Icheln, Clemens ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

diplexers; impedance matching; LTE communication systems; mobile antennas

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE COUPLINGS; CARRIER AGGREGATIONS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; DIPLEXERS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LTE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPERATION FREQUENCY; RADIATING ELEMENTS;

FREQUENCY BANDS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MOBILE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA FEEDERS;

EID: 84881270163     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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