Radiation characteristics of array antennas for mobile handsets

Author

Yuan, Qiaowei ; Chen, Qiang ; Saway, Kunio

Author_Institution

Intelligent Cosmos Res. inc., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan

fYear

2003

fDate

Oct. 28 2003-Nov. 1 2003

Firstpage

352

Lastpage

355

Abstract

In this paper, the radiation characteristics of array antennas affected by the element configuration, the size of the ground plate are studied by using the FDTD method. The scan patterns for several arrays are investigated in details in order to determine which configuration is more suitable to the array antenna for mobile handset. Furthermore, the XPD in the scan plane is calculated to understand the scan properties of the arrays. Finally, the effect of the ground size on the radiation pattern of array antenna is investigated in order to decide the optimum size of the ground plate for the beam control of the arrays.

Keywords

antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; finite difference time-domain analysis; mobile handsets; FDTD method; array antennas; finite difference time-domain method; mobile handsets; radiation characteristics; radiation pattern; Adaptive arrays; Adaptive control; Antenna arrays; Dielectric substrates; Fading; Microstrip antenna arrays; Mobile antennas; Mobile handsets; Polarization; Programmable control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas, Propagation and EM Theory, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 6th International SYmposium on

Conference_Location

Beijing, China

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7831-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISAPE.2003.1276700

Filename

1276700