Title :
Small size single and multiband antenna arrays with diversity capabilities for portable devices
Author :
Ramirez, Paul R. ; Jofre, Luis ; De Flaviis, Franco
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
Two techniques to reduce the physical size of circular and rectangular microstrip patch antennas are presented. The antenna elements are orientated orthogonally to each other to form multielement antennas (MEAs) to realize diversity antennas. The reduced size and thin substrate thicknesses will allow compatibility with portable communications systems
Keywords :
diversity reception; microstrip antenna arrays; mobile antennas; mobile radio; multifrequency antennas; circular microstrip patch antenna; diversity antennas; diversity reception; dual band reduced size multilement antenna; mobile wireless communications; multiband antenna arrays; multipath fading; portable devices; rectangular microstrip patch antenna; small size single antenna; thin substrate thickness; Antenna arrays; Aperture antennas; Dielectric substrates; Feeds; Geometry; Microstrip antennas; Mobile antennas; Mutual coupling; Polarization; Receiving antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Radio and Wireless Conference, 2001. RAWCON 2001. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waltham, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7189-5
DOI :
10.1109/RAWCON.2001.947616
