A 2×1 compact dual band MIMO antenna system for wireless handheld terminals

Author

Jan, Mohammad A. ; Aloi, Daniel N. ; Sharawi, Mohammad S.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2012

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

26

Abstract

In this work, we present a novel 4-shaped 2×1 compact dual-band MIMO antenna system that covers the low LTE band of 858-920 MHz and a high band covering 2955-3130 MHz that is suitable for next generation mobile and handheld wireless terminals. The proposed MIMO antenna system size is only 50×50×0.8 mm³ which is 50% smaller in size than those that appeared in literature. In addition, most of the systems proposed in literature cover a single band, while the proposed one is a dual-band system, with tuning capability. The dual-band 4-shaped MIMO antenna was fabricated and characterized in a laboratory environment. A maximum gain of -2 dBi was obtained.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; MIMO communication; UHF antennas; microwave antenna arrays; mobile antennas; multifrequency antennas; LTE band; compact dual band MIMO antenna system; dual-band 4-shaped MIMO antenna; dual-band system; frequency 2955 MHz to 3130 MHz; frequency 858 MHz to 920 MHz; wireless handheld terminals; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Bandwidth; Correlation; Dual band; MIMO; Wireless communication; Dual Band; Long Term Evolution (LTE); MIMO; Printed Antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Santa Clara, CA

ISSN

2164-2958

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1153-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RWS.2012.6175292

Filename

6175292