Title :
A low complexity direction finding system based on a six-port integrated MIMO antenna system
Author :
Rifaqat Hussain;Ali H. Muqaibel;Wajih Abu-Al-Saud;Mohammad S. Sharawi
Author_Institution :
Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261 Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
In this paper, a low complexity microwave based direction finding (DF) system is presented. The proposed system consists of single six-port (SP) circuit integrated with a reconfigurable multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system. The proposed design is a complete integrated solution with DF capabilities for cognitive radio platforms. The design is suitable to be used in compact wireless handheld and mobile communication devices. The SP circuit covers a wide frequency band (1.68~2.25 GHz) while the reconfigurable MIMO antenna system cover several frequency bands between 0.7 GHz to 3 GHz. The fabricated integrated system achieves ±16° accuracy in its direction of arrival estimates.
Keywords :
"MIMO","Antenna measurements","Radio frequency","Receiving antennas","Estimation","Wireless communication"
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT), 2015 IEEE Jordan Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7442-9
DOI :
10.1109/AEECT.2015.7360531
