Multiband Printed Meandered Loop Antennas With MIMO Implementations for Wireless Routers

Author

Fernandez, S.C. ; Sharma, Sanjay Kumar

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., San Diego State Univ., San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

12

fYear

2013

fDate

2013

Firstpage

96

Lastpage

99

Abstract

Low-profile meandered loop antennas with multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) implementations that cover multiple communication bands for wireless routers and access points are presented. The antennas operate in the 4G LTE (699-798 MHz) band, UMTS (DCS/PCS) bands (1.7-2.0 GHz), WiMAX bands (2.3 and 3.5 GHz), and Wireless LAN bands (2.4 and 5 GHz) with S₁₁ = - 6 dB matching criterion (VSWR 3:1). The two antenna designs are in 1 × 2 MIMO configuration. The antennas exhibit an omnidirectional pattern in these bands with reasonable gain and total antenna efficiency. The antennas also have low envelope correlation well below 0.5 dB. A prototype antenna was fabricated and tested for experimental verification. Both simulated and measured data are provided.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; 4G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; MIMO communication; UHF antennas; WiMax; loop antennas; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; multifrequency antennas; omnidirectional antennas; telecommunication network routing; 4G LTE band; DCS band; MIMO; PCS band; UMTS band; WiMAX band; access point; frequency 1.7 GHz to 2 GHz; frequency 2.3 GHz; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 3.5 GHz; frequency 5 GHz; frequency 699 MHz to 798 MHz; multiband printed meandered loop antenna; multiple-input-multiple-output implementation; omnidirectional pattern; wireless LAN band; wireless router; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Gain; MIMO; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication; Loop antenna; meander loop antenna; multiband; multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO); printed antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2013.2243104

Filename

6420866