Design of orthogonal MIMO handset antennas based on characteristic mode manipulation at frequency bands below 1 GHz

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2756-2766

  Li, Hui ^a   Miers, Zachary Thomas ^a   Lau, Buon Kiong ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenna array; mobile antenna; multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems; mutual coupling

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CHASSIS; DESIGN; FREQUENCY BANDS; MIMO SYSTEMS; MOBILE ANTENNAS;

CHARACTERISTIC MODES; DESIGN APPROACHES; MOBILE HANDSET ANTENNAS; MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT SYSTEMS; MUTUAL COUPLING; PROPER EXCITATIONS; REFERENCE DESIGNS; SIMULATED RESULTS;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84900549594     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2014.2308530     Document Type: Article

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