Capacity of printed dipole arrays in the MIMO channel

Author

Tunc, Celal Alp ; Aktas, Defne ; Ertürk, Vakur B. ; Altintas, Ayhan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bilkent Univ., Ankara

Volume

50

Issue

5

fYear

2008

Firstpage

190

Lastpage

198

Abstract

The performance of printed dipole arrays in the MIMO channel is investigated using a channel model based on the Method of Moments solution of the electric-field integral equation. Comparisons with freestanding dipoles are given in terms of channel capacity. Effects of the electrical properties (such as the dielectric thickness and permittivity) on the MIMO capacity are explored. Various dielectric-substrate configurations yielding high-capacity MIMO arrays are presented.

Keywords

MIMO communication; channel capacity; dipole antenna arrays; electric field integral equations; method of moments; microstrip antenna arrays; MIMO channel capacity; electric-field integral equation; method-of-moment; printed dipole antenna array; Antenna arrays; Covariance matrix; Dielectrics; Dipole antennas; Electromagnetic scattering; Integral equations; Light scattering; MIMO; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; MIMO systems; antenna array mutual coupling; antenna arrays; microstrip antennas; microstrip arrays; moment methods; planar printed arrays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2008.4674755

Filename

4674755