• Title of article

    A Novel Approach for Parasitic Decoupling Element Design for MIMO Applications

  • Author/Authors

    alja’afreh, saqer s. mu’tah university - department of electrical engineering, Al-Karak, Jordan , huang, yi university of liverpool - department of electrical and electronics engineering, Liverpool, UK , xing, lei nanjing university of aeronautics and astronautics - department of electronic and information engineering, Nanjing, China , xu, qian nanjing university of aeronautics and astronautics - department of electronic and information engineering, Nanjing, China

  • From page
    1
  • To page
    18
  • Abstract
    Mutual coupling is a critical issue in the design of MIMO antennas as it deteriorates MIMO and diversity system performance. This work presents a novel approach and guideline for the design of a compact parasitic decoupling element between two element MIMO antennas. It is based on a stepped impedance resonator circuit theory, where the antenna impedance bandwidth, the level of isolation and compactness can all be controlled and optimized. Using this theory, a compact planar inverted-L dual-element antenna with a parasitic decoupling element is proposed for handset terminal applications. Measurement results show that this design has a good performance over the frequency range 1700-2700MHz, which covers most of cellular frequency bands, such as DCS 1800, PCS 1900, UMTS, and LTE-advanced between 1700-2700MHz. Finally, diversity performance parameters are obtained and evaluated based on both the simulated and measured results.
  • Keywords
    Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) , Mutual coupling , Planar inverted , L antenna (PILA) , Parasitic decoupling element , Stepped impedance resonator (SIR)
  • Journal title
    Jordan Journal Of Electrical Engineering
  • Journal title
    Jordan Journal Of Electrical Engineering
  • Record number

    2642805