A tunable dual-band dual-element MIMO antenna system with compact size

Author

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

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

1838

Lastpage

1841

Abstract

We present the design and fabrication of a novel dual-band 2-element printed MIMO antenna system for LTE and 4G wireless handsets. It covers a lower band of 840-905 MHz with a -6 dB bandwidth of 55 MHz. The higher band covers 2990-3210 MHz with a -6 dB bandwidth of 220 MHz. The MIMO antenna system is tunable via two control arms. The 2-element MIMO antenna system occupies 67×50×0.8 mm³ of an FR-4 substrate. The effect of the tuning arms on the resonance frequency as well as the bandwidths of the two bands is investigated. Simulation and measurement results are presented. The maximum measured gain approximately 0 dBi at 880 MHz and 1.5 dBi at 3100 MHz.

Keywords

4G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; MIMO systems; UHF antennas; mobile handsets; multifrequency antennas; 4G wireless handsets; FR-4 substrate; LTE; bandwidth 220 MHz; bandwidth 55 MHz; control arms; frequency 2990 MHz to 3210 MHz; frequency 840 MHz to 905 MHz; long term evolution; resonance frequency; tunable dual-band dual-element MIMO antenna system; tuning arms; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Bandwidth; Dual band; MIMO; Resonant frequency; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0918-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0919-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6205812

Filename

6205812