Improved radiation pattern measurements of MIMO handheld mobile terminal

Author

Manteuffel, Dirk ; Martens, Robert

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Christian-Albrechts-Univ. of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

87

Abstract

In this paper we report on our experience made when measuring different radiation patterns of a multi-antenna handheld terminal. In order to avoid unwanted effects from surface waves on a connecting cable we equipped the terminal with a programmable wireless transmit module. Parasitic effects due to the presence of the device holder of the positioner in the anechoic chamber are analyzed by numerical simulations resulting in recommendations for optimal positioning.

Keywords

MIMO communication; antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; mobile communication; MIMO handheld mobile terminal; anechoic chamber; multi-antenna handheld terminal; numerical simulations; programmable wireless transmit module; radiation pattern measurements; surface waves; Anechoic chambers; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; MIMO; Position measurement; Wireless communication; Antenna measurements; characteristic modes; mobile antennas; overthe-air (OTA) measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546221