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

fYear

2011

fDate

3-8 July 2011

Firstpage

2212

Lastpage

2214

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Spokane, WA

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9562-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2011.5996954

Filename

5996954