Design and Performances of Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Antennas for Wireless Communications with Left-Handed Metamaterials

Author

Aouadi, Belgacem ; Tahar, Jamel Belhadj

Author_Institution

Higher Sch. of Commun. of Tunis, Univ. of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia

fYear

2012

Firstpage

137

Lastpage

140

Abstract

In this paper, a simple kind of E-shaped patch antenna is proposed for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) applications in cognitive radio at about 15 GHz. The strong coupling between adjacent antennas due to their close proximity is reduced to achieve the full potential of using MIMO antenna array thanks to Left Hand Metamaterial (LHM) based on Split Ring Resonator (SRR) to get a negative permeability at the resonate frequency. The space occupied by each antenna is also enhanced. Details of the antenna design and results are presented and discussed.

Keywords

MIMO communication; cognitive radio; metamaterials; microstrip antenna arrays; permeability; E-shaped patch antenna; LHM; MIMO antenna array; SRR; antenna design; cognitive radio; left-handed metamaterials; multiple-input multiple-output antennas; negative permeability; resonate frequency; split ring resonator; wireless communications; Antenna radiation patterns; MIMO; Metamaterials; Mutual coupling; Patch antennas; Permeability; E shaped patch antenna; Left hand metamateria; MIMO; mutual coupling; negative permeability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies (NGMAST), 2012 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Paris

ISSN

2161-2889

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2598-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NGMAST.2012.24

Filename

6327945