Broadband dual polarized antenna arrays for mobile communication applications

Author

Balling, Stefan ; Hein, Matthias ; Hennhöfer, Marko ; Sommerkorn, Gerd ; Stephan, Ralf ; Thomä, Reiner

Author_Institution

Inst. of Commun. & Meas. Eng., Ilmenau Univ. of Technol., Germany

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

7-9 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

927

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; broadband antennas; broadcast channels; microstrip antenna arrays; mobile antennas; multifrequency antennas; radio links; 2 GHz; UMTS standard; Vivaldi antennas; broadband dual polarized antenna arrays; channel sounding; downlink bands; dual polarization-sensitive radiators; mobile communication applications; patch antennas; rectangular antenna arrays; uplink bands; 3G mobile communication; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Land mobile radio; MIMO; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Polarization; Vivaldi antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2003. 33rd European

Print_ISBN

1-58053-834-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2003.1262803

Filename

1262803