Title :
Characterization of pattern reconfigurable antenna arrays for MIMO systems
Author :
Sworo, George D. ; Patron, Damiano ; Dandekar, Kapil R. ; Kam, Moshe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we focus on the characterization of a pattern reconfigurable antenna design for mobile terminals and application in next generation technologies. We use a simple and efficient approach to measure and analyze the envelope correlation of the antenna diversity system. Specifically, we provide an analysis of the effects of mutual coupling and input match on the diversity performance of the antenna system using its scattering parameters. This evaluation is performed for a two antenna element array with multiple radiation patterns.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; S-parameters; antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; next generation networks; MIMO systems; antenna diversity system; antenna element array; input match; mobile terminals; multiple radiation patterns; mutual coupling; next generation technologies; pattern reconfigurable antenna arrays; scattering parameters; Adaptive arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Correlation; MIMO; Antenna Arrays; Reconfigurable Antennas; Spatial Correlation;
Conference_Titel :
Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), 2015 49th Annual Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
DOI :
10.1109/CISS.2015.7086425
