Title :
Reconfigurable LTE MIMO automotive antenna system based on the characteristic mode analysis
Author :
Safin, Eugen ; Valkonen, Risto ; Manteuffel, Dirk
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Christian-Albrecht-Univ. of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper we present a frequency reconfigurable LTE MIMO antenna for automotive applications, based on the characteristic mode theory. Capacitive coupling elements are used for the excitation of surface wave modes of the given chassis in order to design an uncoupled two port antenna system. A feeding network with a reconfigurable LTCC impedance matching is presented and evaluated.
Keywords :
Long Term Evolution; MIMO communication; antenna arrays; automobiles; mobile antennas; LTE automotive antenna; MIMO automotive antenna system; characteristic mode analysis; reconfigurable LTCC impedance matching; reconfigurable automotive antenna; surface wave modes; Antenna theory; Impedance matching; MIMO; Mobile antennas; Ports (Computers); Surface impedance; Antenna theory; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; mobile antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
