A low profile compact reconfigurable MIMO antenna for cognitive radio applications

Author

Hussain, Rifaqat ; Sharawi, Mohammad S.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., King Fahd Univ. for Pet. & Miner. (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A novel meandered line, multi-band, planar inverted F shape frequency agile multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna is presented. The proposed dual-element MIMO antenna is compact with frequency tuning capability over a wide-band. The frequency reconfigurability was achieved using a unique combination of PIN and varactor diodes. PIN diodes are used for mode selection while the varactor diode is used to sweep the frequency over a wide band especially below 1 GHz. The proposed single substrate design is compact with small form factor and suitable for small wireless handheld devices for cognitive radio applications. Good MIMO performance metrics were achieved with reasonable isolation. The antenna system is developed on a single substrate area of dimensions 65×120×1.56 mm³.

Keywords

MIMO communication; cognitive radio; multifrequency antennas; p-i-n diodes; planar antenna arrays; MIMO antenna; PIN diodes; cognitive radio; multi-band antenna; planar inverted F shape frequency agile multiple-input multiple-output antenna; varactor diodes; wireless handheld devices; Antenna measurements; Dipole antennas; MIMO; PIN photodiodes; Resonant frequency; Varactors; MIMO; PIFA; cognitive radio; reconfigurable antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Type

conf

Filename

7228155