Title :
Frequency Reconfigurable Microstrip Loop Antenna Covering LTE Bands With MIMO Implementation and Wideband Microstrip Slot Antenna all for Portable Wireless DTV Media Player
Author :
Kulkarni, A.N. ; Sharma, Sanjay Kumar
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., San Diego State Univ., San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
A microstrip slot antenna covering Digital TV (DTV) and frequency reconfigurable microstrip printed loop antenna operating at LTE bands 3 (1.8 GHz) and 7 (2.6 GHz) with multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) implementation are designed which can find applications in portable wireless DTV media players. The DTV antenna is matched from 496-862 MHz and LTE bands 3 and 7 from 1710-1880 MHz and 2500-2700 MHz, respectively, all considering S11 = -6 dB matching criterion. Further, the LTE bands antennas are frequency reconfigurable antennas and its MIMO implementation shows an envelope correlation (EC) below 0.22 for both the LTE bands. Prototype antennas were fabricated and experimental verification was performed.
Keywords :
Long Term Evolution; MIMO communication; UHF antennas; broadband antennas; digital television; loop antennas; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; slot antennas; LTE bands; MIMO implementation; UHF antennas; digital TV; envelope correlation; frequency 1710 MHz to 1880 MHz; frequency 2500 MHz to 2700 MHz; frequency 496 MHz to 862 MHz; frequency reconfigurable microstrip loop antenna; portable wireless DTV media player; wideband microstrip slot antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Digital TV; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Slot antennas; Digital TV (DTV); LTE; frequency reconfiguration; microstrip antenna; multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO);
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2012.2223433
