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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Antennas and Propagation Volume 2013, Article ID 850489, 6 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/850489 Research Article New Configuration of Handset MIMO Antenna for LTE 700 Band Applications Byeonggwi Mun, 1 Frances J. Harackiewicz, 2 Byeongkwan Kim, 1 Hyunho Wi, 1 Jonghyun Lee, 1 Myun-Joo Park, 1 Changwon Jung, 3 and Byungje Lee 1 1 Department of Wireless Communications Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 447-1 Wolgye-Dong, Nowon-Gu, Seoul 139-701, Republic of Korea 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA 3 Graduate School of NID Fusion Technology, Seoul National University of Technology, 172 Gongneung-2 Dong, Nowon-Gu, Seoul 139-743, Republic of Korea Correspondence should be addressed to Byungje Lee; bj [email protected] Received 15 February 2013; Accepted 12 April 2013 Academic Editor: Yuan Yao Copyright © 2013 Byeonggwi Mun et al. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A compact handset multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna for long-term evolution (LTE) 700 band (746787 MHz) applications is proposed. e proposed antenna consists of two symmetrical PIFAs. Without the usage of any additional coupling elements between closely mounted antennas, a high isolation (>15 dB) and a low enveloped correlation coefficient (ECC < 0.35) are achieved by the optimum location and arrangement of MIMO antenna elements. 1. Introduction e long term evolution (LTE) standard has attracted atten- tion as the fourth generation of mobile communications tech- nology to provide better mobile broadband and multimedia services. Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) operation of the LTE system has become a prerequisite to enhance data reliability, channel capacity, and network coverage in mul- tipath environments using multiple antennas without addi- tional power [1]. Since more than two neighboring antennas should be designed within the very limited spaces available in the mobile handsets, achieving high isolation and a low envel- oped correlation coefficient (ECC) between closely spaced antennas is very important. A number of studies has been conducted on improving isolation by cutting slots or slits in the ground plane [2, 3] and using the ground wall among radiators and a T-shaped short strip [4]. Suspended neutral- ization line or neutralizing structures have been used for the enhancement of isolation as well [59]. However, applying these techniques to LTE MIMO antennas at 700 MHz has become a serious technical challenge, because the ground plane requires modification, and there is no sufficient space to embed additional elements between closely packed antennas. In this paper, we present a promising design of a handset antenna comprising a main antenna for the GSM850/900 (824960 MHz) and DCS/PCS (1.711.99 GHz) bands and an auxiliary antenna covering the LTE 700 (746787 MHz) band to perform the MIMO operation. High isolation can be achieved by collinearly arranging the E-field directions of LTE MIMO antennas in the near-field region, because a collinearly arranged antenna has a lower mutual impedance than that of a broadside arranged antenna [10]. Moreover, low ECC is achieved by the pattern diversity technique, with LTE MIMO antennas symmetrically located on the top sides of the ground plane. 2. LTE MIMO Antenna Simulation Figure 1 shows the proposed compact LTE MIMO antenna. e overall dimensions of the proposed antenna are 5 × 35 × 6 mm 3 , and the size of the ground plane is 60 × 110 × 1 mm 3 . As shown in Figure 1(a), the proposed PIFA structure antennas are printed on FR4 substrate ( = 4.4) and

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Page 1: Research Article New Configuration of Handset MIMO Antenna ...downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ijap/2013/850489.pdf · LTE 700 Band Applications ByeonggwiMun, 1 FrancesJ.Harackiewicz,

Hindawi Publishing CorporationInternational Journal of Antennas and PropagationVolume 2013 Article ID 850489 6 pageshttpdxdoiorg1011552013850489

Research ArticleNew Configuration of Handset MIMO Antenna forLTE 700 Band Applications

Byeonggwi Mun1 Frances J Harackiewicz2 Byeongkwan Kim1 Hyunho Wi1

Jonghyun Lee1 Myun-Joo Park1 Changwon Jung3 and Byungje Lee1

1 Department of Wireless Communications Engineering Kwangwoon University 447-1 Wolgye-Dong Nowon-GuSeoul 139-701 Republic of Korea

2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale IL 62901 USA3Graduate School of NID Fusion Technology Seoul National University of Technology 172 Gongneung-2 Dong Nowon-GuSeoul 139-743 Republic of Korea

Correspondence should be addressed to Byungje Lee bj leekwackr

Received 15 February 2013 Accepted 12 April 2013

Academic Editor Yuan Yao

Copyright copy 2013 Byeonggwi Mun et alThis is an open access article distributed under theCreativeCommonsAttribution Licensewhich permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited

A compact handset multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna for long-term evolution (LTE) 700 band (746sim787MHz)applications is proposed The proposed antenna consists of two symmetrical PIFAs Without the usage of any additional couplingelements between closely mounted antennas a high isolation (gt15 dB) and a low enveloped correlation coefficient (ECC lt 035)are achieved by the optimum location and arrangement of MIMO antenna elements

1 Introduction

The long term evolution (LTE) standard has attracted atten-tion as the fourth generation ofmobile communications tech-nology to provide better mobile broadband and multimediaservices Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) operationof the LTE system has become a prerequisite to enhance datareliability channel capacity and network coverage in mul-tipath environments using multiple antennas without addi-tional power [1] Since more than two neighboring antennasshould be designed within the very limited spaces available inthemobile handsets achieving high isolation and a low envel-oped correlation coefficient (ECC) between closely spacedantennas is very important A number of studies has beenconducted on improving isolation by cutting slots or slits inthe ground plane [2 3] and using the ground wall amongradiators and a T-shaped short strip [4] Suspended neutral-ization line or neutralizing structures have been used for theenhancement of isolation as well [5ndash9] However applyingthese techniques to LTE MIMO antennas at 700MHz hasbecome a serious technical challenge because the groundplane requiresmodification and there is no sufficient space to

embed additional elements between closely packed antennasIn this paper we present a promising design of a handsetantenna comprising a main antenna for the GSM850900(824sim960MHz) and DCSPCS (171sim199GHz) bands and anauxiliary antenna covering the LTE 700 (746sim787MHz) bandto perform the MIMO operation High isolation can beachieved by collinearly arranging the E-field directions ofLTE MIMO antennas in the near-field region because acollinearly arranged antenna has a lower mutual impedancethan that of a broadside arranged antenna [10]Moreover lowECC is achieved by the pattern diversity technique with LTEMIMOantennas symmetrically located on the top sides of theground plane

2 LTE MIMO Antenna Simulation

Figure 1 shows the proposed compact LTE MIMO antennaThe overall dimensions of the proposed antenna are 5 times35 times 6mm3 and the size of the ground plane is 60 times110 times 1mm3 As shown in Figure 1(a) the proposed PIFAstructure antennas are printed on FR4 substrate (120576

119903= 44) and

2 International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

A

B C

35

MIMO antenna 1MIMO antenna 2

Ground plane [60 times 110 times

119909

119910 119911

120601

120579

[unit mm]

Folded line

1 mm3]

(a)

FeedShorting

A

B

C

5

53

1

642

6

29

Folded line

(b)

Figure 1 Geometry of the proposed LTE MIMO antenna (a) overall view and (b) detailed view of antenna element

119871=110

mm

119882 = 70mm

Gap = 20mm

(a)

70 mm

10 mm

(b)

50 mm

60 mm

(c)

20 mm

10 mm

(d)

Figure 2 Antenna location and arrangement (a) case 1 (b) case 2 (c) case 3 and (d) case 4

symmetrically arranged on the top sides of the ground planeThe distance between the two PIFAs is 50mm (asymp0013120582

0) To

achieve high isolation and low ECC without any additionalcoupling structures and cancel out the existing mutual cou-pling an optimum antenna location and arrangement areproposed In general when two linearly polarized antennasare located orthogonally to each other they can providepolarization diversity by reducing the mutual coupling sothat high isolation and low ECC can be achieved betweenthem However this technique does not work very well forhandset antennas at lower frequencies such as the LTE 700band (746sim787MHz) because their ground sizes are usually

much smaller than their wavelength (1205820= 429mm) There-

fore it is necessary to apply a novel technique for the LTEMIMO handset antenna design The first step in the LTEMIMO antenna design is deciding the location of antennaelements The top side of the ground plane is an attractiveregion for mobile handset applications because it is relativelyeasy to apply pattern diversity when the size of the groundplane ismuch smaller than the wavelengthThe second step isdeciding how to arrange antenna elements In the near-fieldregion mutual coupling can be suppressed more effectivelywhen the E-field directions of two antennas are arrangedcollinearly with each other compared with the broadside

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation 3

Port 1 (on)

Port 2 (off)

Port 1 (off)

Port 2 (on)

minus125

minus5

minus875

minus125

minus163

minus20

minus238

minus275

minus313

minus35

minus388minus40

0

(dB)

(a)

Port 1 (on) Port 2 (off)

(b)

Port 1 (on) Port 2 (off)

(c)

Port 1 (on)

Port 2 (off)

(d)

Figure 3 119864-field distribution in the near-field region (a) case 1 (b) case 2 (c) case 3 and (d) case 4

arrangement of the E-field directions [10] This proposedmethod is verified by four cases of antenna arrangementsmdashcase 1 perpendicular case 2 broadside and cases 3 and 4collinearmdashas shown in Figure 2 These are divided into theperpendicular broadside and collinear arrangements by theE-field distribution as shown in Figure 3 Figure 4 showsthat the perpendicular (case 1) and collinear arrangements(cases 3 and 4) give higher isolation (magnitude of 119878

21in dB)

than that of the broadside arrangement (case 2) Howeverthe collinearly arranged MIMO antenna in case 3 only givesthe lowest ECC (lt019) which is less than the recommendedvalue [11] of 05 as shown in Table 1This is due to theMIMOantenna in case 3 achieving better pattern diversity in the far-field region than the MIMO antenna in case 1 where the twoantennas are physically perpendicular to each otherThe ECCshown in Table 1 is obtained by using the far-field radiationpatterns [12] as shown in (1) where the incident wave isassumed as a uniform environment (119875(120579 120601) = 1)

ECC (120588119890)

=

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

int

2120587

0int

120587

0119864

lowast

1(120579 120601) sdot 119864

2(120579 120601) sdot 119875 (120579 120601) sin (120579) 119889120579 119889120601

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

[

(int2120587

0int120587

0119864lowast

1 (120579120601)sdot1198641(120579120601)sdot119875(120579120601)sin(120579)119889120579 119889120601)

sdot(int2120587

0int120587

0119864lowast

2 (120579120601)sdot1198642(120579120601)sdot119875(120579120601)sin(120579)119889120579 119889120601)

]

(1)

where 11986412(120579 120601) is the electric field pattern of antennas 1 and

2 respectively and119875(120579 120601) is the incident field angular densityfunction

3 MainMIMO Antenna Designand Measurement

Based on the simulation results to find the optimum locationand arrangement of the LTE 700 band MIMO antennathe main antenna covering the GSM850900 bands (824sim960MHz) and DCSPCS bands (171sim199GHz) and theMIMO antenna (case 3 in Figure 2(c)) covering the LTE 700band (746sim787MHz) are designed and measured Figure 5shows the structure of the proposed main antenna andMIMO antenna The compact main antenna mounted on aground plane 60 times 110 times 1mm3 in size consists of the PIFAstructure with a capacitively coupled feed [13] Its overalldimensions are 60 times 5 times 6mm3 and it is printed on amultilayer consisting of FR4 (thickness = 1mm) and foam(thickness = 5mm) substrates Each LTEMIMO antenna (5times35 times 6mm3) is located on top sides of the ground plane withcollinearly arranged E-fields in the near-field region

Figure 6 shows the measured 119878-parameters of the pro-posed antenna The proposed antenna (VSWR lt 3) coversthe LTE 700 band (746sim787MHz) GSM850900 bands (824sim960MHz) and DCSPCS bands (171sim199GHz) Althoughthe main antenna and MIMO antennas are embedded in a

4 International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

06 065 07 075 08 085 09 095 1minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Frequency (GHz)

Case 1Case 2

Case 3Case 4

(dB)

|11987811|

(a)

06 065 07 075 08 085 09 095 1minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Frequency (GHz)

Case 1Case 2

Case 3Case 4

(dB)

|11987821|

(b)

Figure 4 Simulated 119878-parameters (a) 11987811and (b) 119878

21

35

BA

DC

55

60

MIMO antenna 1 MIMO antenna 2Ground plane [60 times 110 times

119909

119910 119911

120601120579

[unit mm]Folded line

1 mm3]

(a)

C

FeedShorting

D

B A

55 5 25

4

4

245

3

15 6 45

Folded line

(b)

(c)

Figure 5 Geometry of the proposed antenna (a) overall view (b) detailed view of main antenna and (c) fabricated antenna

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation 5

Table 1 Simulated results for each case

Contents Ant typeCase 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4

Resonant frequency (119891119903) 0765GHz 0791 GHz 0766GHz 0754GHz

Isolation 118 dB 67 dB 157 dB 103 dBECC (at 119891

119903) 052 078 019 081

Arrangement (gap) Perpendicular (20mm) Broadside (10mm) Collinear (50mm) Collinear (10mm)

LTE GSM850900 DCSPCS

05 075 1 125 15 175 2 225 25minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S-pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

Frequency (GHz)

VSWR3 1

|11987811|

|11987833|

|11987812|

|11987813|

Figure 6 Measured 119878-parameters

07 075 08 085 09 095 1 18 2Frequency (GHz)

Aver

age g

ain

(dBi

)

0

02

04

06

08

1

Enve

lope

d co

rrel

atio

n co

effici

ent

LTE GSM850900 DCSPCS

Antenna 1 and 2 (gain) Antenna 1 and 2 (ECC) Antenna 3 (gain)

minus12

minus10

minus8

minus6

minus4

minus2

0

ECC lt 035

Figure 7 Measured average gain and ECC

narrow area they operate almost independently The mea-sured isolation between the two MIMO antennas is higherthan 15 dB and this is generally acceptable for practicalMIMO antenna applications in industry Figure 7 shows themeasured average gain and ECC The proposed antenna hasan average gain of more than minus43 dBi in the LTE band and

30

60

120

150180

210

240

270

300

330

Antenna 1Antenna 2

(dB)

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

00 [+119911]

90 [+119909]

Figure 8 Measured radiation patterns at 766MHz (119911119909-plane)

more than minus3 dBi in the GSM850900 and DCSPCS bandsMoreover the proposed LTE MIMO antenna shows a lowerECC (lt035) Figure 8 shows themeasured radiation patternsof twoMIMO antennas in the LTE700 band (766MHz)Theyhave been measured with one antenna excited and the otherterminated to a load with 50Ω The polarizations of the twoantennas are orthogonal to each other Since each MIMOantenna element (PIFA) has both the vertical E-field com-ponent (due to current on the radiating element) and thehorizontal E-field component (due to current on the groundplane) the direction of the compositive E-field can be di-agonal In addition to this since the horizontal E-field com-ponent of each MIMO antenna element is in opposite direc-tion the polarizations of the two antennas are diagonallyorthogonal to each other as shown in Figure 8 Thereforethese orthogonal radiation patterns and high isolation(gt15 dB) result in a lower ECC (lt035) which is less than therecommended value of 05 [11]

4 Conclusion

A compact (5 times 35 times 6mm3) handset MIMO antenna forLTE 700 band applications has been proposed and con-structed with two symmetrical PIFAs Closely packedMIMOantennas were designed without any additional couplingstructures to obtain good isolation The proposed antennaachieves high isolation (gt15 dB) and low ECC (lt035) by

6 International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

collinearly arranging the E-fields of two antennas in the near-field region and obtaining diagonally orthogonal radiationpatterns

Acknowledgment

This research was conducted under a Research Grant fromKwangwoon University in 2013 and this work (Grant noC0015229) was supported by Business for Cooperative RampDbetween Industry Academy and Research Institute fundedKorea Small and Medium Business Administration in 2012

References

[1] G J Foschini ldquoLayered space-time architecture for wirelesscommunication in a fading environment when using multi-element antennasrdquo Bell Labs Technical Journal vol 1 no 2 pp41ndash59 1996

[2] C Y Chiu C H Cheng R D Murch and C R RowellldquoReduction ofmutual coupling between closely-packed antennaelementsrdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol55 no 6 pp 1732ndash1738 2007

[3] M S Sharawi S S Iqbal and Y S Faouri ldquoAn 800MHz 2x1compactMIMOantenna system for LTE handsetsrdquo IEEE Trans-actions onAntenna and Propagation vol 59 no 8 pp 3128ndash31312011

[4] A C K Mak C R Rowell and R D Murch ldquoIsolation en-hancement between two closely packed antennasrdquo IEEE Trans-actions on Antennas and Propagation vol 56 no 11 pp 3411ndash3419 2008

[5] ADiallo C Luxey P LThuc R Staraj andGKossiavas ldquoStudyand reduction of the mutual coupling between two mobilephonePIFAs operating in theDCS1800 andUMTSbandsrdquo IEEETransactions on Antenna and Propagation vol 54 no 11 pp3063ndash3074

[6] J Byun J H Jo and B Lee ldquoCompact dual-band diversityantenna for mobile handset applicationsrdquoMicrowave and Opti-cal Technology Letters vol 50 no 10 pp 2600ndash2604 2008

[7] B Yu C W Jung H Lee et al ldquoClosely mounted compactwideband diversity antenna for mobile phone applicationsrdquoInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation vol 2012Article ID 798046 6 pages 2012

[8] H Bae F J Harackiewicz M J Park et al ldquoCompact mobilehandset MIMO antenna for LTE700 applicationsrdquo Microwaveand Optical Technology Letters vol 52 no 11 pp 2419ndash24222010

[9] B Kim Y Park H Wi et al ldquoIsolation enhancement of USBdongle MIMO antenna in LTE 700 band applicationsrdquo IEEEAntennas and Wireless Propagation Letters vol 11 pp 961ndash9642012

[10] N G Alexopoulos and I E Rana ldquoMutual impedance compu-tation between printed dipolesrdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennasand Propagation vol 29 no 1 pp 106ndash111 1981

[11] R G Vaughan and J B Andersen ldquoAntenna diversity in mobilecommunicationsrdquo IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologyvol 36 no 4 pp 149ndash172 1987

[12] S Blanch J Romeu and I Corbella ldquoExact representation ofantenna system diversity performance from input parameterdescriptionrdquo Electronics Letters vol 39 no 9 pp 705ndash707 2003

[13] H Rhyu J Byun F J Harackiewicz et al ldquoMulti-band hybridantenna for ultra-thin mobile phone applicationsrdquo ElectronicsLetters vol 45 no 15 pp 773ndash774 2009

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Page 2: Research Article New Configuration of Handset MIMO Antenna ...downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ijap/2013/850489.pdf · LTE 700 Band Applications ByeonggwiMun, 1 FrancesJ.Harackiewicz,

2 International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

A

B C

35

MIMO antenna 1MIMO antenna 2

Ground plane [60 times 110 times

119909

119910 119911

120601

120579

[unit mm]

Folded line

1 mm3]

(a)

FeedShorting

A

B

C

5

53

1

642

6

29

Folded line

(b)

Figure 1 Geometry of the proposed LTE MIMO antenna (a) overall view and (b) detailed view of antenna element

119871=110

mm

119882 = 70mm

Gap = 20mm

(a)

70 mm

10 mm

(b)

50 mm

60 mm

(c)

20 mm

10 mm

(d)

Figure 2 Antenna location and arrangement (a) case 1 (b) case 2 (c) case 3 and (d) case 4

symmetrically arranged on the top sides of the ground planeThe distance between the two PIFAs is 50mm (asymp0013120582

0) To

achieve high isolation and low ECC without any additionalcoupling structures and cancel out the existing mutual cou-pling an optimum antenna location and arrangement areproposed In general when two linearly polarized antennasare located orthogonally to each other they can providepolarization diversity by reducing the mutual coupling sothat high isolation and low ECC can be achieved betweenthem However this technique does not work very well forhandset antennas at lower frequencies such as the LTE 700band (746sim787MHz) because their ground sizes are usually

much smaller than their wavelength (1205820= 429mm) There-

fore it is necessary to apply a novel technique for the LTEMIMO handset antenna design The first step in the LTEMIMO antenna design is deciding the location of antennaelements The top side of the ground plane is an attractiveregion for mobile handset applications because it is relativelyeasy to apply pattern diversity when the size of the groundplane ismuch smaller than the wavelengthThe second step isdeciding how to arrange antenna elements In the near-fieldregion mutual coupling can be suppressed more effectivelywhen the E-field directions of two antennas are arrangedcollinearly with each other compared with the broadside

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation 3

Port 1 (on)

Port 2 (off)

Port 1 (off)

Port 2 (on)

minus125

minus5

minus875

minus125

minus163

minus20

minus238

minus275

minus313

minus35

minus388minus40

0

(dB)

(a)

Port 1 (on) Port 2 (off)

(b)

Port 1 (on) Port 2 (off)

(c)

Port 1 (on)

Port 2 (off)

(d)

Figure 3 119864-field distribution in the near-field region (a) case 1 (b) case 2 (c) case 3 and (d) case 4

arrangement of the E-field directions [10] This proposedmethod is verified by four cases of antenna arrangementsmdashcase 1 perpendicular case 2 broadside and cases 3 and 4collinearmdashas shown in Figure 2 These are divided into theperpendicular broadside and collinear arrangements by theE-field distribution as shown in Figure 3 Figure 4 showsthat the perpendicular (case 1) and collinear arrangements(cases 3 and 4) give higher isolation (magnitude of 119878

21in dB)

than that of the broadside arrangement (case 2) Howeverthe collinearly arranged MIMO antenna in case 3 only givesthe lowest ECC (lt019) which is less than the recommendedvalue [11] of 05 as shown in Table 1This is due to theMIMOantenna in case 3 achieving better pattern diversity in the far-field region than the MIMO antenna in case 1 where the twoantennas are physically perpendicular to each otherThe ECCshown in Table 1 is obtained by using the far-field radiationpatterns [12] as shown in (1) where the incident wave isassumed as a uniform environment (119875(120579 120601) = 1)

ECC (120588119890)

=

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

int

2120587

0int

120587

0119864

lowast

1(120579 120601) sdot 119864

2(120579 120601) sdot 119875 (120579 120601) sin (120579) 119889120579 119889120601

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

[

(int2120587

0int120587

0119864lowast

1 (120579120601)sdot1198641(120579120601)sdot119875(120579120601)sin(120579)119889120579 119889120601)

sdot(int2120587

0int120587

0119864lowast

2 (120579120601)sdot1198642(120579120601)sdot119875(120579120601)sin(120579)119889120579 119889120601)

]

(1)

where 11986412(120579 120601) is the electric field pattern of antennas 1 and

2 respectively and119875(120579 120601) is the incident field angular densityfunction

3 MainMIMO Antenna Designand Measurement

Based on the simulation results to find the optimum locationand arrangement of the LTE 700 band MIMO antennathe main antenna covering the GSM850900 bands (824sim960MHz) and DCSPCS bands (171sim199GHz) and theMIMO antenna (case 3 in Figure 2(c)) covering the LTE 700band (746sim787MHz) are designed and measured Figure 5shows the structure of the proposed main antenna andMIMO antenna The compact main antenna mounted on aground plane 60 times 110 times 1mm3 in size consists of the PIFAstructure with a capacitively coupled feed [13] Its overalldimensions are 60 times 5 times 6mm3 and it is printed on amultilayer consisting of FR4 (thickness = 1mm) and foam(thickness = 5mm) substrates Each LTEMIMO antenna (5times35 times 6mm3) is located on top sides of the ground plane withcollinearly arranged E-fields in the near-field region

Figure 6 shows the measured 119878-parameters of the pro-posed antenna The proposed antenna (VSWR lt 3) coversthe LTE 700 band (746sim787MHz) GSM850900 bands (824sim960MHz) and DCSPCS bands (171sim199GHz) Althoughthe main antenna and MIMO antennas are embedded in a

4 International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

06 065 07 075 08 085 09 095 1minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Frequency (GHz)

Case 1Case 2

Case 3Case 4

(dB)

|11987811|

(a)

06 065 07 075 08 085 09 095 1minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Frequency (GHz)

Case 1Case 2

Case 3Case 4

(dB)

|11987821|

(b)

Figure 4 Simulated 119878-parameters (a) 11987811and (b) 119878

21

35

BA

DC

55

60

MIMO antenna 1 MIMO antenna 2Ground plane [60 times 110 times

119909

119910 119911

120601120579

[unit mm]Folded line

1 mm3]

(a)

C

FeedShorting

D

B A

55 5 25

4

4

245

3

15 6 45

Folded line

(b)

(c)

Figure 5 Geometry of the proposed antenna (a) overall view (b) detailed view of main antenna and (c) fabricated antenna

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation 5

Table 1 Simulated results for each case

Contents Ant typeCase 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4

Resonant frequency (119891119903) 0765GHz 0791 GHz 0766GHz 0754GHz

Isolation 118 dB 67 dB 157 dB 103 dBECC (at 119891

119903) 052 078 019 081

Arrangement (gap) Perpendicular (20mm) Broadside (10mm) Collinear (50mm) Collinear (10mm)

LTE GSM850900 DCSPCS

05 075 1 125 15 175 2 225 25minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S-pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

Frequency (GHz)

VSWR3 1

|11987811|

|11987833|

|11987812|

|11987813|

Figure 6 Measured 119878-parameters

07 075 08 085 09 095 1 18 2Frequency (GHz)

Aver

age g

ain

(dBi

)

0

02

04

06

08

1

Enve

lope

d co

rrel

atio

n co

effici

ent

LTE GSM850900 DCSPCS

Antenna 1 and 2 (gain) Antenna 1 and 2 (ECC) Antenna 3 (gain)

minus12

minus10

minus8

minus6

minus4

minus2

0

ECC lt 035

Figure 7 Measured average gain and ECC

narrow area they operate almost independently The mea-sured isolation between the two MIMO antennas is higherthan 15 dB and this is generally acceptable for practicalMIMO antenna applications in industry Figure 7 shows themeasured average gain and ECC The proposed antenna hasan average gain of more than minus43 dBi in the LTE band and

30

60

120

150180

210

240

270

300

330

Antenna 1Antenna 2

(dB)

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

00 [+119911]

90 [+119909]

Figure 8 Measured radiation patterns at 766MHz (119911119909-plane)

more than minus3 dBi in the GSM850900 and DCSPCS bandsMoreover the proposed LTE MIMO antenna shows a lowerECC (lt035) Figure 8 shows themeasured radiation patternsof twoMIMO antennas in the LTE700 band (766MHz)Theyhave been measured with one antenna excited and the otherterminated to a load with 50Ω The polarizations of the twoantennas are orthogonal to each other Since each MIMOantenna element (PIFA) has both the vertical E-field com-ponent (due to current on the radiating element) and thehorizontal E-field component (due to current on the groundplane) the direction of the compositive E-field can be di-agonal In addition to this since the horizontal E-field com-ponent of each MIMO antenna element is in opposite direc-tion the polarizations of the two antennas are diagonallyorthogonal to each other as shown in Figure 8 Thereforethese orthogonal radiation patterns and high isolation(gt15 dB) result in a lower ECC (lt035) which is less than therecommended value of 05 [11]

4 Conclusion

A compact (5 times 35 times 6mm3) handset MIMO antenna forLTE 700 band applications has been proposed and con-structed with two symmetrical PIFAs Closely packedMIMOantennas were designed without any additional couplingstructures to obtain good isolation The proposed antennaachieves high isolation (gt15 dB) and low ECC (lt035) by

6 International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

collinearly arranging the E-fields of two antennas in the near-field region and obtaining diagonally orthogonal radiationpatterns

Acknowledgment

This research was conducted under a Research Grant fromKwangwoon University in 2013 and this work (Grant noC0015229) was supported by Business for Cooperative RampDbetween Industry Academy and Research Institute fundedKorea Small and Medium Business Administration in 2012

References

[1] G J Foschini ldquoLayered space-time architecture for wirelesscommunication in a fading environment when using multi-element antennasrdquo Bell Labs Technical Journal vol 1 no 2 pp41ndash59 1996

[2] C Y Chiu C H Cheng R D Murch and C R RowellldquoReduction ofmutual coupling between closely-packed antennaelementsrdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol55 no 6 pp 1732ndash1738 2007

[3] M S Sharawi S S Iqbal and Y S Faouri ldquoAn 800MHz 2x1compactMIMOantenna system for LTE handsetsrdquo IEEE Trans-actions onAntenna and Propagation vol 59 no 8 pp 3128ndash31312011

[4] A C K Mak C R Rowell and R D Murch ldquoIsolation en-hancement between two closely packed antennasrdquo IEEE Trans-actions on Antennas and Propagation vol 56 no 11 pp 3411ndash3419 2008

[5] ADiallo C Luxey P LThuc R Staraj andGKossiavas ldquoStudyand reduction of the mutual coupling between two mobilephonePIFAs operating in theDCS1800 andUMTSbandsrdquo IEEETransactions on Antenna and Propagation vol 54 no 11 pp3063ndash3074

[6] J Byun J H Jo and B Lee ldquoCompact dual-band diversityantenna for mobile handset applicationsrdquoMicrowave and Opti-cal Technology Letters vol 50 no 10 pp 2600ndash2604 2008

[7] B Yu C W Jung H Lee et al ldquoClosely mounted compactwideband diversity antenna for mobile phone applicationsrdquoInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation vol 2012Article ID 798046 6 pages 2012

[8] H Bae F J Harackiewicz M J Park et al ldquoCompact mobilehandset MIMO antenna for LTE700 applicationsrdquo Microwaveand Optical Technology Letters vol 52 no 11 pp 2419ndash24222010

[9] B Kim Y Park H Wi et al ldquoIsolation enhancement of USBdongle MIMO antenna in LTE 700 band applicationsrdquo IEEEAntennas and Wireless Propagation Letters vol 11 pp 961ndash9642012

[10] N G Alexopoulos and I E Rana ldquoMutual impedance compu-tation between printed dipolesrdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennasand Propagation vol 29 no 1 pp 106ndash111 1981

[11] R G Vaughan and J B Andersen ldquoAntenna diversity in mobilecommunicationsrdquo IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologyvol 36 no 4 pp 149ndash172 1987

[12] S Blanch J Romeu and I Corbella ldquoExact representation ofantenna system diversity performance from input parameterdescriptionrdquo Electronics Letters vol 39 no 9 pp 705ndash707 2003

[13] H Rhyu J Byun F J Harackiewicz et al ldquoMulti-band hybridantenna for ultra-thin mobile phone applicationsrdquo ElectronicsLetters vol 45 no 15 pp 773ndash774 2009

International Journal of

AerospaceEngineeringHindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

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Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

International Journal of

RotatingMachinery

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

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Journal ofEngineeringVolume 2014

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

VLSI Design

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Shock and Vibration

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Civil EngineeringAdvances in

Acoustics and VibrationAdvances in

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Journal of

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

The Scientific World JournalHindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

SensorsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Modelling amp Simulation in EngineeringHindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of Antennas and

Propagation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

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Navigation and Observation

International Journal of

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DistributedSensor Networks

International Journal of

Page 3: Research Article New Configuration of Handset MIMO Antenna ...downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ijap/2013/850489.pdf · LTE 700 Band Applications ByeonggwiMun, 1 FrancesJ.Harackiewicz,

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation 3

Port 1 (on)

Port 2 (off)

Port 1 (off)

Port 2 (on)

minus125

minus5

minus875

minus125

minus163

minus20

minus238

minus275

minus313

minus35

minus388minus40

0

(dB)

(a)

Port 1 (on) Port 2 (off)

(b)

Port 1 (on) Port 2 (off)

(c)

Port 1 (on)

Port 2 (off)

(d)

Figure 3 119864-field distribution in the near-field region (a) case 1 (b) case 2 (c) case 3 and (d) case 4

arrangement of the E-field directions [10] This proposedmethod is verified by four cases of antenna arrangementsmdashcase 1 perpendicular case 2 broadside and cases 3 and 4collinearmdashas shown in Figure 2 These are divided into theperpendicular broadside and collinear arrangements by theE-field distribution as shown in Figure 3 Figure 4 showsthat the perpendicular (case 1) and collinear arrangements(cases 3 and 4) give higher isolation (magnitude of 119878

21in dB)

than that of the broadside arrangement (case 2) Howeverthe collinearly arranged MIMO antenna in case 3 only givesthe lowest ECC (lt019) which is less than the recommendedvalue [11] of 05 as shown in Table 1This is due to theMIMOantenna in case 3 achieving better pattern diversity in the far-field region than the MIMO antenna in case 1 where the twoantennas are physically perpendicular to each otherThe ECCshown in Table 1 is obtained by using the far-field radiationpatterns [12] as shown in (1) where the incident wave isassumed as a uniform environment (119875(120579 120601) = 1)

ECC (120588119890)

=

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

int

2120587

0int

120587

0119864

lowast

1(120579 120601) sdot 119864

2(120579 120601) sdot 119875 (120579 120601) sin (120579) 119889120579 119889120601

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

[

(int2120587

0int120587

0119864lowast

1 (120579120601)sdot1198641(120579120601)sdot119875(120579120601)sin(120579)119889120579 119889120601)

sdot(int2120587

0int120587

0119864lowast

2 (120579120601)sdot1198642(120579120601)sdot119875(120579120601)sin(120579)119889120579 119889120601)

]

(1)

where 11986412(120579 120601) is the electric field pattern of antennas 1 and

2 respectively and119875(120579 120601) is the incident field angular densityfunction

3 MainMIMO Antenna Designand Measurement

Based on the simulation results to find the optimum locationand arrangement of the LTE 700 band MIMO antennathe main antenna covering the GSM850900 bands (824sim960MHz) and DCSPCS bands (171sim199GHz) and theMIMO antenna (case 3 in Figure 2(c)) covering the LTE 700band (746sim787MHz) are designed and measured Figure 5shows the structure of the proposed main antenna andMIMO antenna The compact main antenna mounted on aground plane 60 times 110 times 1mm3 in size consists of the PIFAstructure with a capacitively coupled feed [13] Its overalldimensions are 60 times 5 times 6mm3 and it is printed on amultilayer consisting of FR4 (thickness = 1mm) and foam(thickness = 5mm) substrates Each LTEMIMO antenna (5times35 times 6mm3) is located on top sides of the ground plane withcollinearly arranged E-fields in the near-field region

Figure 6 shows the measured 119878-parameters of the pro-posed antenna The proposed antenna (VSWR lt 3) coversthe LTE 700 band (746sim787MHz) GSM850900 bands (824sim960MHz) and DCSPCS bands (171sim199GHz) Althoughthe main antenna and MIMO antennas are embedded in a

4 International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

06 065 07 075 08 085 09 095 1minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Frequency (GHz)

Case 1Case 2

Case 3Case 4

(dB)

|11987811|

(a)

06 065 07 075 08 085 09 095 1minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Frequency (GHz)

Case 1Case 2

Case 3Case 4

(dB)

|11987821|

(b)

Figure 4 Simulated 119878-parameters (a) 11987811and (b) 119878

21

35

BA

DC

55

60

MIMO antenna 1 MIMO antenna 2Ground plane [60 times 110 times

119909

119910 119911

120601120579

[unit mm]Folded line

1 mm3]

(a)

C

FeedShorting

D

B A

55 5 25

4

4

245

3

15 6 45

Folded line

(b)

(c)

Figure 5 Geometry of the proposed antenna (a) overall view (b) detailed view of main antenna and (c) fabricated antenna

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation 5

Table 1 Simulated results for each case

Contents Ant typeCase 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4

Resonant frequency (119891119903) 0765GHz 0791 GHz 0766GHz 0754GHz

Isolation 118 dB 67 dB 157 dB 103 dBECC (at 119891

119903) 052 078 019 081

Arrangement (gap) Perpendicular (20mm) Broadside (10mm) Collinear (50mm) Collinear (10mm)

LTE GSM850900 DCSPCS

05 075 1 125 15 175 2 225 25minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S-pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

Frequency (GHz)

VSWR3 1

|11987811|

|11987833|

|11987812|

|11987813|

Figure 6 Measured 119878-parameters

07 075 08 085 09 095 1 18 2Frequency (GHz)

Aver

age g

ain

(dBi

)

0

02

04

06

08

1

Enve

lope

d co

rrel

atio

n co

effici

ent

LTE GSM850900 DCSPCS

Antenna 1 and 2 (gain) Antenna 1 and 2 (ECC) Antenna 3 (gain)

minus12

minus10

minus8

minus6

minus4

minus2

0

ECC lt 035

Figure 7 Measured average gain and ECC

narrow area they operate almost independently The mea-sured isolation between the two MIMO antennas is higherthan 15 dB and this is generally acceptable for practicalMIMO antenna applications in industry Figure 7 shows themeasured average gain and ECC The proposed antenna hasan average gain of more than minus43 dBi in the LTE band and

30

60

120

150180

210

240

270

300

330

Antenna 1Antenna 2

(dB)

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

00 [+119911]

90 [+119909]

Figure 8 Measured radiation patterns at 766MHz (119911119909-plane)

more than minus3 dBi in the GSM850900 and DCSPCS bandsMoreover the proposed LTE MIMO antenna shows a lowerECC (lt035) Figure 8 shows themeasured radiation patternsof twoMIMO antennas in the LTE700 band (766MHz)Theyhave been measured with one antenna excited and the otherterminated to a load with 50Ω The polarizations of the twoantennas are orthogonal to each other Since each MIMOantenna element (PIFA) has both the vertical E-field com-ponent (due to current on the radiating element) and thehorizontal E-field component (due to current on the groundplane) the direction of the compositive E-field can be di-agonal In addition to this since the horizontal E-field com-ponent of each MIMO antenna element is in opposite direc-tion the polarizations of the two antennas are diagonallyorthogonal to each other as shown in Figure 8 Thereforethese orthogonal radiation patterns and high isolation(gt15 dB) result in a lower ECC (lt035) which is less than therecommended value of 05 [11]

4 Conclusion

A compact (5 times 35 times 6mm3) handset MIMO antenna forLTE 700 band applications has been proposed and con-structed with two symmetrical PIFAs Closely packedMIMOantennas were designed without any additional couplingstructures to obtain good isolation The proposed antennaachieves high isolation (gt15 dB) and low ECC (lt035) by

6 International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

collinearly arranging the E-fields of two antennas in the near-field region and obtaining diagonally orthogonal radiationpatterns

Acknowledgment

This research was conducted under a Research Grant fromKwangwoon University in 2013 and this work (Grant noC0015229) was supported by Business for Cooperative RampDbetween Industry Academy and Research Institute fundedKorea Small and Medium Business Administration in 2012

References

[1] G J Foschini ldquoLayered space-time architecture for wirelesscommunication in a fading environment when using multi-element antennasrdquo Bell Labs Technical Journal vol 1 no 2 pp41ndash59 1996

[2] C Y Chiu C H Cheng R D Murch and C R RowellldquoReduction ofmutual coupling between closely-packed antennaelementsrdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol55 no 6 pp 1732ndash1738 2007

[3] M S Sharawi S S Iqbal and Y S Faouri ldquoAn 800MHz 2x1compactMIMOantenna system for LTE handsetsrdquo IEEE Trans-actions onAntenna and Propagation vol 59 no 8 pp 3128ndash31312011

[4] A C K Mak C R Rowell and R D Murch ldquoIsolation en-hancement between two closely packed antennasrdquo IEEE Trans-actions on Antennas and Propagation vol 56 no 11 pp 3411ndash3419 2008

[5] ADiallo C Luxey P LThuc R Staraj andGKossiavas ldquoStudyand reduction of the mutual coupling between two mobilephonePIFAs operating in theDCS1800 andUMTSbandsrdquo IEEETransactions on Antenna and Propagation vol 54 no 11 pp3063ndash3074

[6] J Byun J H Jo and B Lee ldquoCompact dual-band diversityantenna for mobile handset applicationsrdquoMicrowave and Opti-cal Technology Letters vol 50 no 10 pp 2600ndash2604 2008

[7] B Yu C W Jung H Lee et al ldquoClosely mounted compactwideband diversity antenna for mobile phone applicationsrdquoInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation vol 2012Article ID 798046 6 pages 2012

[8] H Bae F J Harackiewicz M J Park et al ldquoCompact mobilehandset MIMO antenna for LTE700 applicationsrdquo Microwaveand Optical Technology Letters vol 52 no 11 pp 2419ndash24222010

[9] B Kim Y Park H Wi et al ldquoIsolation enhancement of USBdongle MIMO antenna in LTE 700 band applicationsrdquo IEEEAntennas and Wireless Propagation Letters vol 11 pp 961ndash9642012

[10] N G Alexopoulos and I E Rana ldquoMutual impedance compu-tation between printed dipolesrdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennasand Propagation vol 29 no 1 pp 106ndash111 1981

[11] R G Vaughan and J B Andersen ldquoAntenna diversity in mobilecommunicationsrdquo IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologyvol 36 no 4 pp 149ndash172 1987

[12] S Blanch J Romeu and I Corbella ldquoExact representation ofantenna system diversity performance from input parameterdescriptionrdquo Electronics Letters vol 39 no 9 pp 705ndash707 2003

[13] H Rhyu J Byun F J Harackiewicz et al ldquoMulti-band hybridantenna for ultra-thin mobile phone applicationsrdquo ElectronicsLetters vol 45 no 15 pp 773ndash774 2009

International Journal of

AerospaceEngineeringHindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Active and Passive Electronic Components

Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

International Journal of

RotatingMachinery

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Journal ofEngineeringVolume 2014

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

VLSI Design

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Shock and Vibration

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Civil EngineeringAdvances in

Acoustics and VibrationAdvances in

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Journal of

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

The Scientific World JournalHindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

SensorsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Modelling amp Simulation in EngineeringHindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of Antennas and

Propagation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Navigation and Observation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

DistributedSensor Networks

International Journal of

Page 4: Research Article New Configuration of Handset MIMO Antenna ...downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ijap/2013/850489.pdf · LTE 700 Band Applications ByeonggwiMun, 1 FrancesJ.Harackiewicz,

4 International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

06 065 07 075 08 085 09 095 1minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Frequency (GHz)

Case 1Case 2

Case 3Case 4

(dB)

|11987811|

(a)

06 065 07 075 08 085 09 095 1minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Frequency (GHz)

Case 1Case 2

Case 3Case 4

(dB)

|11987821|

(b)

Figure 4 Simulated 119878-parameters (a) 11987811and (b) 119878

21

35

BA

DC

55

60

MIMO antenna 1 MIMO antenna 2Ground plane [60 times 110 times

119909

119910 119911

120601120579

[unit mm]Folded line

1 mm3]

(a)

C

FeedShorting

D

B A

55 5 25

4

4

245

3

15 6 45

Folded line

(b)

(c)

Figure 5 Geometry of the proposed antenna (a) overall view (b) detailed view of main antenna and (c) fabricated antenna

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation 5

Table 1 Simulated results for each case

Contents Ant typeCase 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4

Resonant frequency (119891119903) 0765GHz 0791 GHz 0766GHz 0754GHz

Isolation 118 dB 67 dB 157 dB 103 dBECC (at 119891

119903) 052 078 019 081

Arrangement (gap) Perpendicular (20mm) Broadside (10mm) Collinear (50mm) Collinear (10mm)

LTE GSM850900 DCSPCS

05 075 1 125 15 175 2 225 25minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S-pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

Frequency (GHz)

VSWR3 1

|11987811|

|11987833|

|11987812|

|11987813|

Figure 6 Measured 119878-parameters

07 075 08 085 09 095 1 18 2Frequency (GHz)

Aver

age g

ain

(dBi

)

0

02

04

06

08

1

Enve

lope

d co

rrel

atio

n co

effici

ent

LTE GSM850900 DCSPCS

Antenna 1 and 2 (gain) Antenna 1 and 2 (ECC) Antenna 3 (gain)

minus12

minus10

minus8

minus6

minus4

minus2

0

ECC lt 035

Figure 7 Measured average gain and ECC

narrow area they operate almost independently The mea-sured isolation between the two MIMO antennas is higherthan 15 dB and this is generally acceptable for practicalMIMO antenna applications in industry Figure 7 shows themeasured average gain and ECC The proposed antenna hasan average gain of more than minus43 dBi in the LTE band and

30

60

120

150180

210

240

270

300

330

Antenna 1Antenna 2

(dB)

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

00 [+119911]

90 [+119909]

Figure 8 Measured radiation patterns at 766MHz (119911119909-plane)

more than minus3 dBi in the GSM850900 and DCSPCS bandsMoreover the proposed LTE MIMO antenna shows a lowerECC (lt035) Figure 8 shows themeasured radiation patternsof twoMIMO antennas in the LTE700 band (766MHz)Theyhave been measured with one antenna excited and the otherterminated to a load with 50Ω The polarizations of the twoantennas are orthogonal to each other Since each MIMOantenna element (PIFA) has both the vertical E-field com-ponent (due to current on the radiating element) and thehorizontal E-field component (due to current on the groundplane) the direction of the compositive E-field can be di-agonal In addition to this since the horizontal E-field com-ponent of each MIMO antenna element is in opposite direc-tion the polarizations of the two antennas are diagonallyorthogonal to each other as shown in Figure 8 Thereforethese orthogonal radiation patterns and high isolation(gt15 dB) result in a lower ECC (lt035) which is less than therecommended value of 05 [11]

4 Conclusion

A compact (5 times 35 times 6mm3) handset MIMO antenna forLTE 700 band applications has been proposed and con-structed with two symmetrical PIFAs Closely packedMIMOantennas were designed without any additional couplingstructures to obtain good isolation The proposed antennaachieves high isolation (gt15 dB) and low ECC (lt035) by

6 International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

collinearly arranging the E-fields of two antennas in the near-field region and obtaining diagonally orthogonal radiationpatterns

Acknowledgment

This research was conducted under a Research Grant fromKwangwoon University in 2013 and this work (Grant noC0015229) was supported by Business for Cooperative RampDbetween Industry Academy and Research Institute fundedKorea Small and Medium Business Administration in 2012

References

[1] G J Foschini ldquoLayered space-time architecture for wirelesscommunication in a fading environment when using multi-element antennasrdquo Bell Labs Technical Journal vol 1 no 2 pp41ndash59 1996

[2] C Y Chiu C H Cheng R D Murch and C R RowellldquoReduction ofmutual coupling between closely-packed antennaelementsrdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol55 no 6 pp 1732ndash1738 2007

[3] M S Sharawi S S Iqbal and Y S Faouri ldquoAn 800MHz 2x1compactMIMOantenna system for LTE handsetsrdquo IEEE Trans-actions onAntenna and Propagation vol 59 no 8 pp 3128ndash31312011

[4] A C K Mak C R Rowell and R D Murch ldquoIsolation en-hancement between two closely packed antennasrdquo IEEE Trans-actions on Antennas and Propagation vol 56 no 11 pp 3411ndash3419 2008

[5] ADiallo C Luxey P LThuc R Staraj andGKossiavas ldquoStudyand reduction of the mutual coupling between two mobilephonePIFAs operating in theDCS1800 andUMTSbandsrdquo IEEETransactions on Antenna and Propagation vol 54 no 11 pp3063ndash3074

[6] J Byun J H Jo and B Lee ldquoCompact dual-band diversityantenna for mobile handset applicationsrdquoMicrowave and Opti-cal Technology Letters vol 50 no 10 pp 2600ndash2604 2008

[7] B Yu C W Jung H Lee et al ldquoClosely mounted compactwideband diversity antenna for mobile phone applicationsrdquoInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation vol 2012Article ID 798046 6 pages 2012

[8] H Bae F J Harackiewicz M J Park et al ldquoCompact mobilehandset MIMO antenna for LTE700 applicationsrdquo Microwaveand Optical Technology Letters vol 52 no 11 pp 2419ndash24222010

[9] B Kim Y Park H Wi et al ldquoIsolation enhancement of USBdongle MIMO antenna in LTE 700 band applicationsrdquo IEEEAntennas and Wireless Propagation Letters vol 11 pp 961ndash9642012

[10] N G Alexopoulos and I E Rana ldquoMutual impedance compu-tation between printed dipolesrdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennasand Propagation vol 29 no 1 pp 106ndash111 1981

[11] R G Vaughan and J B Andersen ldquoAntenna diversity in mobilecommunicationsrdquo IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologyvol 36 no 4 pp 149ndash172 1987

[12] S Blanch J Romeu and I Corbella ldquoExact representation ofantenna system diversity performance from input parameterdescriptionrdquo Electronics Letters vol 39 no 9 pp 705ndash707 2003

[13] H Rhyu J Byun F J Harackiewicz et al ldquoMulti-band hybridantenna for ultra-thin mobile phone applicationsrdquo ElectronicsLetters vol 45 no 15 pp 773ndash774 2009

International Journal of

AerospaceEngineeringHindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Active and Passive Electronic Components

Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

International Journal of

RotatingMachinery

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Journal ofEngineeringVolume 2014

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

VLSI Design

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Shock and Vibration

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Civil EngineeringAdvances in

Acoustics and VibrationAdvances in

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Journal of

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation 5

Table 1 Simulated results for each case

Contents Ant typeCase 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4

Resonant frequency (119891119903) 0765GHz 0791 GHz 0766GHz 0754GHz

Isolation 118 dB 67 dB 157 dB 103 dBECC (at 119891

119903) 052 078 019 081

Arrangement (gap) Perpendicular (20mm) Broadside (10mm) Collinear (50mm) Collinear (10mm)

LTE GSM850900 DCSPCS

05 075 1 125 15 175 2 225 25minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S-pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

Frequency (GHz)

VSWR3 1

|11987811|

|11987833|

|11987812|

|11987813|

Figure 6 Measured 119878-parameters

07 075 08 085 09 095 1 18 2Frequency (GHz)

Aver

age g

ain

(dBi

)

0

02

04

06

08

1

Enve

lope

d co

rrel

atio

n co

effici

ent

LTE GSM850900 DCSPCS

Antenna 1 and 2 (gain) Antenna 1 and 2 (ECC) Antenna 3 (gain)

minus12

minus10

minus8

minus6

minus4

minus2

0

ECC lt 035

Figure 7 Measured average gain and ECC

narrow area they operate almost independently The mea-sured isolation between the two MIMO antennas is higherthan 15 dB and this is generally acceptable for practicalMIMO antenna applications in industry Figure 7 shows themeasured average gain and ECC The proposed antenna hasan average gain of more than minus43 dBi in the LTE band and

30

60

120

150180

210

240

270

300

330

Antenna 1Antenna 2

(dB)

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

00 [+119911]

90 [+119909]

Figure 8 Measured radiation patterns at 766MHz (119911119909-plane)

more than minus3 dBi in the GSM850900 and DCSPCS bandsMoreover the proposed LTE MIMO antenna shows a lowerECC (lt035) Figure 8 shows themeasured radiation patternsof twoMIMO antennas in the LTE700 band (766MHz)Theyhave been measured with one antenna excited and the otherterminated to a load with 50Ω The polarizations of the twoantennas are orthogonal to each other Since each MIMOantenna element (PIFA) has both the vertical E-field com-ponent (due to current on the radiating element) and thehorizontal E-field component (due to current on the groundplane) the direction of the compositive E-field can be di-agonal In addition to this since the horizontal E-field com-ponent of each MIMO antenna element is in opposite direc-tion the polarizations of the two antennas are diagonallyorthogonal to each other as shown in Figure 8 Thereforethese orthogonal radiation patterns and high isolation(gt15 dB) result in a lower ECC (lt035) which is less than therecommended value of 05 [11]

4 Conclusion

A compact (5 times 35 times 6mm3) handset MIMO antenna forLTE 700 band applications has been proposed and con-structed with two symmetrical PIFAs Closely packedMIMOantennas were designed without any additional couplingstructures to obtain good isolation The proposed antennaachieves high isolation (gt15 dB) and low ECC (lt035) by

6 International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

collinearly arranging the E-fields of two antennas in the near-field region and obtaining diagonally orthogonal radiationpatterns

Acknowledgment

This research was conducted under a Research Grant fromKwangwoon University in 2013 and this work (Grant noC0015229) was supported by Business for Cooperative RampDbetween Industry Academy and Research Institute fundedKorea Small and Medium Business Administration in 2012

References

[1] G J Foschini ldquoLayered space-time architecture for wirelesscommunication in a fading environment when using multi-element antennasrdquo Bell Labs Technical Journal vol 1 no 2 pp41ndash59 1996

[2] C Y Chiu C H Cheng R D Murch and C R RowellldquoReduction ofmutual coupling between closely-packed antennaelementsrdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol55 no 6 pp 1732ndash1738 2007

[3] M S Sharawi S S Iqbal and Y S Faouri ldquoAn 800MHz 2x1compactMIMOantenna system for LTE handsetsrdquo IEEE Trans-actions onAntenna and Propagation vol 59 no 8 pp 3128ndash31312011

[4] A C K Mak C R Rowell and R D Murch ldquoIsolation en-hancement between two closely packed antennasrdquo IEEE Trans-actions on Antennas and Propagation vol 56 no 11 pp 3411ndash3419 2008

[5] ADiallo C Luxey P LThuc R Staraj andGKossiavas ldquoStudyand reduction of the mutual coupling between two mobilephonePIFAs operating in theDCS1800 andUMTSbandsrdquo IEEETransactions on Antenna and Propagation vol 54 no 11 pp3063ndash3074

[6] J Byun J H Jo and B Lee ldquoCompact dual-band diversityantenna for mobile handset applicationsrdquoMicrowave and Opti-cal Technology Letters vol 50 no 10 pp 2600ndash2604 2008

[7] B Yu C W Jung H Lee et al ldquoClosely mounted compactwideband diversity antenna for mobile phone applicationsrdquoInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation vol 2012Article ID 798046 6 pages 2012

[8] H Bae F J Harackiewicz M J Park et al ldquoCompact mobilehandset MIMO antenna for LTE700 applicationsrdquo Microwaveand Optical Technology Letters vol 52 no 11 pp 2419ndash24222010

[9] B Kim Y Park H Wi et al ldquoIsolation enhancement of USBdongle MIMO antenna in LTE 700 band applicationsrdquo IEEEAntennas and Wireless Propagation Letters vol 11 pp 961ndash9642012

[10] N G Alexopoulos and I E Rana ldquoMutual impedance compu-tation between printed dipolesrdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennasand Propagation vol 29 no 1 pp 106ndash111 1981

[11] R G Vaughan and J B Andersen ldquoAntenna diversity in mobilecommunicationsrdquo IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologyvol 36 no 4 pp 149ndash172 1987

[12] S Blanch J Romeu and I Corbella ldquoExact representation ofantenna system diversity performance from input parameterdescriptionrdquo Electronics Letters vol 39 no 9 pp 705ndash707 2003

[13] H Rhyu J Byun F J Harackiewicz et al ldquoMulti-band hybridantenna for ultra-thin mobile phone applicationsrdquo ElectronicsLetters vol 45 no 15 pp 773ndash774 2009

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Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

The Scientific World JournalHindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

SensorsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Modelling amp Simulation in EngineeringHindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of Antennas and

Propagation

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Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

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6 International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

collinearly arranging the E-fields of two antennas in the near-field region and obtaining diagonally orthogonal radiationpatterns

Acknowledgment

This research was conducted under a Research Grant fromKwangwoon University in 2013 and this work (Grant noC0015229) was supported by Business for Cooperative RampDbetween Industry Academy and Research Institute fundedKorea Small and Medium Business Administration in 2012

References

[1] G J Foschini ldquoLayered space-time architecture for wirelesscommunication in a fading environment when using multi-element antennasrdquo Bell Labs Technical Journal vol 1 no 2 pp41ndash59 1996

[2] C Y Chiu C H Cheng R D Murch and C R RowellldquoReduction ofmutual coupling between closely-packed antennaelementsrdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol55 no 6 pp 1732ndash1738 2007

[3] M S Sharawi S S Iqbal and Y S Faouri ldquoAn 800MHz 2x1compactMIMOantenna system for LTE handsetsrdquo IEEE Trans-actions onAntenna and Propagation vol 59 no 8 pp 3128ndash31312011

[4] A C K Mak C R Rowell and R D Murch ldquoIsolation en-hancement between two closely packed antennasrdquo IEEE Trans-actions on Antennas and Propagation vol 56 no 11 pp 3411ndash3419 2008

[5] ADiallo C Luxey P LThuc R Staraj andGKossiavas ldquoStudyand reduction of the mutual coupling between two mobilephonePIFAs operating in theDCS1800 andUMTSbandsrdquo IEEETransactions on Antenna and Propagation vol 54 no 11 pp3063ndash3074

[6] J Byun J H Jo and B Lee ldquoCompact dual-band diversityantenna for mobile handset applicationsrdquoMicrowave and Opti-cal Technology Letters vol 50 no 10 pp 2600ndash2604 2008

[7] B Yu C W Jung H Lee et al ldquoClosely mounted compactwideband diversity antenna for mobile phone applicationsrdquoInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation vol 2012Article ID 798046 6 pages 2012

[8] H Bae F J Harackiewicz M J Park et al ldquoCompact mobilehandset MIMO antenna for LTE700 applicationsrdquo Microwaveand Optical Technology Letters vol 52 no 11 pp 2419ndash24222010

[9] B Kim Y Park H Wi et al ldquoIsolation enhancement of USBdongle MIMO antenna in LTE 700 band applicationsrdquo IEEEAntennas and Wireless Propagation Letters vol 11 pp 961ndash9642012

[10] N G Alexopoulos and I E Rana ldquoMutual impedance compu-tation between printed dipolesrdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennasand Propagation vol 29 no 1 pp 106ndash111 1981

[11] R G Vaughan and J B Andersen ldquoAntenna diversity in mobilecommunicationsrdquo IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologyvol 36 no 4 pp 149ndash172 1987

[12] S Blanch J Romeu and I Corbella ldquoExact representation ofantenna system diversity performance from input parameterdescriptionrdquo Electronics Letters vol 39 no 9 pp 705ndash707 2003

[13] H Rhyu J Byun F J Harackiewicz et al ldquoMulti-band hybridantenna for ultra-thin mobile phone applicationsrdquo ElectronicsLetters vol 45 no 15 pp 773ndash774 2009

International Journal of

AerospaceEngineeringHindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Active and Passive Electronic Components

Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

International Journal of

RotatingMachinery

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Journal ofEngineeringVolume 2014

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

VLSI Design

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Shock and Vibration

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Civil EngineeringAdvances in

Acoustics and VibrationAdvances in

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Journal of

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

The Scientific World JournalHindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

SensorsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Modelling amp Simulation in EngineeringHindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of Antennas and

Propagation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Navigation and Observation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

DistributedSensor Networks

International Journal of

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International Journal of

AerospaceEngineeringHindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Active and Passive Electronic Components

Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

International Journal of

RotatingMachinery

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Journal ofEngineeringVolume 2014

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

VLSI Design

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Shock and Vibration

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Civil EngineeringAdvances in

Acoustics and VibrationAdvances in

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Journal of

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

The Scientific World JournalHindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

SensorsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Modelling amp Simulation in EngineeringHindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of Antennas and

Propagation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Navigation and Observation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

DistributedSensor Networks

International Journal of