Numerical analysis of a microstrip MIMO antenna array

Author

Chouti, L. ; Behloul, A. ; Messaoudene, I. ; Benghalia, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. d´Electron., Univ. Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, we present a simulation and design of a microstrip MIMO antenna array. The basic configuration is a microstrip patch antennas consist of a metallic patch on one side of the dielectric substrate with a ground plane on the other side. The antenna system consists of 2×4 radiating elements of similar geometry printed on a substrate. The designed antenna is excited using the microstrip feeding. The theoretical analysis is based on the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. In these analyses the characteristics of the MIMO antenna arrays are presented in terms of return loss, mutual coupling, gain and radiation patterns. The proposed antenna is simulated by using High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS). The designed antenna is suitable for MIMO systems operating for several WLAN applications.

Keywords

MIMO communication; antenna radiation patterns; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antenna arrays; numerical analysis; dielectric substrate; finite-difference time-domain method; gain; ground plane; high frequency structure simulator; metallic patch; microstrip MIMO antenna array; microstrip feeding; mutual coupling; numerical analysis; patch antennas; radiating elements; radiation patterns; return loss; Arrays; MIMO; Microstrip; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; FDTD Method; MIMO system; Microstrip Antenna; Radiation Pattern; Resonant Frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium (MMS), 2014 14th Mediterranean

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7390-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMS.2014.7088921

Filename

7088921