Title :
Broadband Dual Polarized Antenna Arrays for Mobile Communication Applications
Author :
Balling, Stefan ; Hein, Matthias ; Hennhöfer, Marko ; Sommerkorn, Gerd ; Stephan, Ralf ; Thomä, Reiner
Author_Institution :
Ilmenau University of Technology, Institute of Communications and Measurement Engineering, P.O.Box 100 565, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany, Phone +49 3677 691585, e-mail: ralf.stephan@tu-ilmenau.de
Abstract :
This paper discusses design issues for uniform rectangular antenna arrays and the requirements for channel sounding applications. Two different array realizations are presented. The first array is based on Vivaldi antennas the second on patch antennas. The arrays consist of 32 dual polarization-sensitive radiators. Both arrays operate at 2 GHz, covering the uplink and downlink bands of the UMTS standard. The resulting performance of the arrays is compared and discussed.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Land mobile radio; MIMO; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Polarization; Radio spectrum management;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2003 33rd European
Conference_Location :
Munich, Germany
Print_ISBN :
1-58053-834-7
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.2003.341114
