Title :
Impedance of Closely Spaced Orthogonal Slot Antennas
Author :
Yun, Jane X. ; Vaughan, Rodney G.
Author_Institution :
Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby
Abstract :
The multiport impedance measurement technique is a simple and efficient approach to evaluate the correlation of MIMO antenna arrays. This technique is illustrated by the measurement of two orthogonal slots with different distances using a multiport test system. The correlations of the array elements, under certain conditions, are equivalent to the measured mutual coupling in impedance matrix.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; electric impedance measurement; slot antennas; MIMO antenna arrays; closely spaced orthogonal slot antennas; impedance matrix; multiport impedance measurement technique; multiport test system; mutual coupling; polarization diversity; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Coaxial components; Dipole antennas; Feeds; Impedance matching; Impedance measurement; MIMO; Slot antennas; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007. CCECE 2007. Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1020-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0840-7789
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2007.269