Title :
Small terminal antenna concepts for reconfigurable MIMO handsets
Author_Institution :
CWC-Wireless Commun., Univ. of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Abstract :
This paper presents a concept for reconfigurable MIMO antennas for future mobile handsets. The concept is based on the excitation of characteristic modes on the terminal chassis. Thereby it enables a compact antenna solution that utilizes the entire chassis as the antenna. Two types of coupling structures for either selective or combined excitation of different modes are discussed. Reconfigurable tuning networks enable multi-mode and multi-standard applications.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; antenna arrays; mobile handsets; characteristic excitation mode; compact antenna solution; coupling structure; multimode application; multistandard application; reconfigurable MIMO antenna; reconfigurable MIMO handset; reconfigurable tuning network; small terminal antenna concept; terminal chassis; Couplings; MIMO; Mobile antennas; Mobile handsets; Characteristic Modes; LTE; MIMO; Small terminal antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APCAP), 2012 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0666-9
DOI :
10.1109/APCAP.2012.6333125
