The Effect of Mutual Coupling on the Correlation of Spatial Diversity Schemes using Conformal Antennas

Author

Kaifas, Theodoros N. ; Georgiadis, Anthimos ; Kalialakis, Christos

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Technol. & Educ. Inst. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki

fYear

2007

fDate

11-16 Nov. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Spatial diversity schemes using conformal antennas are examined. The effect of mutual coupling on the correlation is investigated for the case of printed antennas on a cylindrical substrate. First, the formulation to include the mutual coupling on the correlation is presented. The mutual coupling for antennas on a cylindrical substrate is derived using an improved spectral domain approach. Results are presented as a function of the cylinder radius for three distinct cases of coupling. The correlation is evaluated for two models of wave angular distribution, the Clarke and the geometrically based simple bounce (GBSB) model. Parametric studies with respect to the antenna separation are also given.

Keywords

conformal antennas; correlation methods; diversity reception; electromagnetic coupling; microstrip antennas; substrates; Clarke model; conformal antennas; correlation method; cylindrical substrate; geometrically based simple bounce model; mutual coupling effect; printed antennas; spatial diversity schemes; spectral domain approach; wave angular distribution; Conformal Antennas; Correlation; Mutual Coupling; Spatial Diversity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2007. EuCAP 2007. The Second European Conference on

Conference_Location

Edinburgh

Print_ISBN

978-0-86341-842-6

Type

conf

Filename

4458304