• DocumentCode
    1328225
  • Title

    Dual-Frequency Decoupling for Two Distinct Antennas

  • Author

    Albannay, Mohammed M. ; Coetzee, Jacob C. ; Tang, Xinyi ; Mouthaan, Koen

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queensland Univ. of Technol., Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  • Volume
    11
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    7/4/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1315
  • Lastpage
    1318
  • Abstract
    Constant development of new wireless standards increases the demand for more radiating elements in compact end-user platforms. A decrease in antenna separation gives rise to increased antenna coupling, resulting in a reduction of the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) between transmitter and receiver. This letter proposes a decoupling network that provides dual-band port isolation for a pair of distinct antennas. A prototype has been fabricated to verify the theory.
  • Keywords
    multifrequency antennas; radio receivers; radio transmitters; SINR; antenna separation; compact end-user platforms; decoupling network; dual-band port isolation; dual-frequency decoupling; radiating elements; receiver; signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio; transmitter; wireless standards; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Band pass filters; Couplings; Mutual coupling; Power transmission lines; Decoupling network; dual-band decoupling; mutual coupling; port isolation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1225
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LAWP.2012.2226635
  • Filename
    6341034