DocumentCode
531458
Title
Total Multi-Port Return Loss as a Figure of Merit for MIMO antenna systems
Author
Schroeder, Werner L. ; Krewski, Aleksander
Author_Institution
RF & EMC Dept., RheinMain Univ. of Appl. Sci., Ruesselsheim, Germany
fYear
2010
fDate
28-30 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
1742
Lastpage
1745
Abstract
Total Multi-port Return Loss (TMRL) or, equivalently, Total Multi-port Reflectance is proposed as a relevant and simple Figure of Merit for multi-port (MIMO) antenna systems. TMRL is a straight-forward extension of the notion of Return Loss to multi-port antennas and suitable as the reference quantity on which to base a unique definition of the bandwidth of a MIMO antenna system. The meaning and application of the new parameter are discussed and quantitative examples for two-port MIMO antenna systems are given for illustration.
Keywords
MIMO communication; antennas; MIMO antenna system; TMRL; figure-of-merit; multiport antenna system; total multiport reflectance; total multiport return loss;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2010 European
Conference_Location
Paris
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7232-1
Type
conf
Filename
5616300
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