Title :
A novel printed diversity antenna for WiMAX applications
Author :
Al-Husseini, Mohammed ; Ramadan, Ali ; Kabalan, Karim Y. ; El-Hajj, Ali ; Christodoulou, Christos G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., American Univ. of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Abstract :
In this paper a novel printed diversity antenna for WiMAX applications is proposed. The antenna consists of two identical monopoles, and operates over a wide band spanning the 2.8-4.7 GHz frequency range, over which it has high isolation of over 20 dB. The diversity performance of the antenna, which is attributed to the configuration of the slots placed in its ground plane, is assessed by calculating the envelope correlation coefficient and mean effective gain. The results show that the proposed antenna provides pattern diversity, which enables it to combat multi-path fading in channels used by WiMAX devices.
Keywords :
WiMax; antenna radiation patterns; correlation methods; diversity reception; fading channels; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; monopole antennas; multipath channels; slot antennas; WiMAX application; envelope correlation coefficient; frequency 2.8 GHz to 4.7 GHz; mean effective gain; monopole antenna; multipath fading channel; pattern diversity; printed diversity antenna; slot antenna; wideband antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Correlation; Gain; WiMAX;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Spokane, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9562-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2011.5996954
