Title :
Novel Architecture for LTE World-Phones
Author :
Caporal Del Barrio, Samantha ; Tatomirescu, Alexandru ; Pedersen, Gert F. ; Morris, Art
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Syst., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark
Abstract :
The 4th Generation of mobile communications (4G) came with new challenges on the antenna bandwidth and on the front-end architecture of mobile phones. This letter proposes a novel architecture overcoming these challenges. It includes narrowband tunable antennas, co-designed with a tunable front rnd (FE). Simulations and measurements demonstrate the concept for low and high bands of the LTE frequency spectrum.
Keywords :
4G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; antennas; mobile handsets; radio spectrum management; 4G; 4th generation mobile communication; FE; LTE frequency spectrum; LTE world-phone; antenna bandwidth; front-end architecture; mobile phone; narrowband tunable antenna; tunable front-end architecture; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Iron; Micromechanical devices; Radio frequency; 4G mobile communication; loaded antennas; mobile antennas; reconfigurable architectures; tunable circuits and devices;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2014.2301014
