Performance Analysis of Metamaterial Substrate Based MIMO Antenna Arrays

Author

Mookiah, Prathaban ; Dandekar, Kapil R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A rectangular patch antenna array for MIMO communications was simulated on a magnetic permeability enhanced metamaterial. The performance of this antenna array was studied relative to a similar array constructed on a regular substrate. The analysis was performed with respect to performance metrics such as degree of mutual coupling for different element spacing, achievable channel capacity, bandwidth and efficiency. The array built on the metamaterial substrate showed significant size reduction, less mutual coupling and significant channel capacity improvement compared to similar arrays on conventional substrates.

Keywords

MIMO communication; antenna arrays; metamaterials; microstrip antennas; MIMO antenna arrays; MIMO communications; channel capacity; element spacing; magnetic permeability enhanced metamaterial; metamaterial substrate; multiple input multiple output; performance analysis; performance metrics; rectangular patch antenna array; Antenna arrays; Channel capacity; MIMO; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Mutual coupling; Patch antennas; Performance analysis; Permeability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2008. IEEE GLOBECOM 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LO

ISSN

1930-529X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2324-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2008.ECP.909

Filename

4698684