Compact dual-band planar metamaterial antenna arrays for wireless LAN

Author

Gummalla, Ajay ; Achour, Maha ; Poilasne, Gregory ; Pathak, Vaneet

Author_Institution

Rayspan Corp., San Diego, CA

fYear

2008

fDate

5-11 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The paper presents two examples of compact antenna arrays for MIMO applications which were designed based on MTM technologytrade. These multi-band antenna arrays occupy smaller volume than the conventional antennas while they provide equal or better performances. These antennas in addition to the excellent performance can be easily integrated with any PCB based circuit, thus significantly reducing the cost in the mass production. The compact antenna arrays can enable advanced MIMO solutions like switched arrays and beamforming arrays which can provide diversity gains in addition to MIMO gain.

Keywords

MIMO communication; metamaterials; multifrequency antennas; planar antenna arrays; MIMO; beamforming arrays; diversity gains; dual-band planar metamaterial antenna arrays; switched arrays; wireless LAN; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Costs; Dual band; Integrated circuit technology; MIMO; Mass production; Metamaterials; Paper technology; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2041-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2042-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2008.4620069

Filename

4620069