Title :
Diversity and MIMO performance evaluation of compact multi element antennas with common phase center
Author :
Papamichael, V. ; Karaboikis, M. ; Soras, C. ; Makios, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Patras, Patras
Abstract :
The diversity and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) performance provided by compact multi element antennas (MEA) with common phase center is evaluated using two practical methods which make use of the realized active element antenna patterns, including thus both mutual coupling and mismatch at antenna ports. As a case study, two and four printed Inverted F Antenna (IFA) systems are evaluated in terms of effective diversity gain (EDG) and capacity (C). The concept of receive antenna selection is also investigated and the simulation results show a 43% improvement in the 1% outage C of a reconfigurable 2times2 MIMO system over a fixed 2times2 one.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; antenna radiation patterns; diversity reception; microwave antenna arrays; EDG; IFA system; MEA; MIMO diversity; active element antenna pattern; effective diversity gain; multielement antenna; multiple input multiple output performance; printed inverted F antenna; Antenna measurements; Diversity methods; Electromagnetic coupling; Laboratories; MIMO; Mutual coupling; Phased arrays; Power system modeling; Receiving antennas; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics and Communications, 2007. ICECom 2007. 19th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dubrovnik
Print_ISBN :
978-953-6037-50-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-953-6037-51-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICECOM.2007.4544418
