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

Volume

61

Issue

2

fYear

2013

Firstpage

964

Lastpage

968

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);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2012.2223433

Filename

6339010