TY - GEN
T1 - Low profile frequency agile MIMO slot antenna with TCM characterization
AU - Ghalib, Asim
AU - Hussain, Rifaqat
AU - Sharawi, Mohammad S.
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KAUST-002
Acknowledgements: This work was funded by DSR at KFUPM, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia, under grant number KAUST-002.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.
PY - 2017/6/7
Y1 - 2017/6/7
N2 - In this paper, a frequency reconfigurable multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) slot antenna is presented. The proposed design is low profile and compact with wide tunability range, covering several well-known frequency bands from 1800 MHz to 2450 MHz. The frequency reconfigurability is achieved by loading the annular slot with varactor diodes. The antenna system is also analyzed for MIMO performance metrics. Moreover, the effect of circular slot antenna on the chassis modes is also investigated using the theory of characteristic modes (TCM). The physical principle behind frequency reconfigurability is also investigated using TCM analysis. An interesting finding is observed using varactor diodes for frequency reconfigurability, that is the reactive impedance loading does not alter the modal significance (MS) plots but only aid in the input impedance matching at different frequency bands.
AB - In this paper, a frequency reconfigurable multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) slot antenna is presented. The proposed design is low profile and compact with wide tunability range, covering several well-known frequency bands from 1800 MHz to 2450 MHz. The frequency reconfigurability is achieved by loading the annular slot with varactor diodes. The antenna system is also analyzed for MIMO performance metrics. Moreover, the effect of circular slot antenna on the chassis modes is also investigated using the theory of characteristic modes (TCM). The physical principle behind frequency reconfigurability is also investigated using TCM analysis. An interesting finding is observed using varactor diodes for frequency reconfigurability, that is the reactive impedance loading does not alter the modal significance (MS) plots but only aid in the input impedance matching at different frequency bands.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/626710
UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7928198/
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020180593&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.23919/eucap.2017.7928198
DO - 10.23919/eucap.2017.7928198
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9788890701870
SP - 2652
EP - 2655
BT - 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP)
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
ER -