Printed Yagi-Uda array for MIMO systems

Author

Khaleel, Haider R. ; Al-Rizzo, Hussain M. ; Abbosh, Amin ; Abushamleh, Said

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Sci., Sonoma State Univ., Rohnert Park, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

7-13 July 2013

Firstpage

1802

Lastpage

1803

Abstract

In this paper, A Yagi-Uda antenna array consisting of four radiating elements is presented. The array elements are oriented back to back in a cross fashion to achieve a pattern orthogonality utilizing the end-fire radiation characteristics of the Yagi-Uda antennas. This technique is proposed to reduce the mutual coupling between the radiating elements which is essential to the performance of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems. Design and simulations are conducted using CST Microwave Studio which is based on the Finite Integration Technique (FIT). Results show that the correlation level is below -35 dB between the array elements at 5.2 GHz with about λ/4 separation distance.

Keywords

MIMO systems; Yagi antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; integration; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; CST Microwave Studio; FIT; MIMO systems; end-fire radiation characteristics; finite integration technique; frequency 5.2 GHz; microwave antenna arrays; multiple input multiple output systems; printed Yagi-Uda array; radiating elements; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Finite element analysis; Microwave antennas; Yagi-Uda antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5315-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2013.6711560

Filename

6711560