Multiband Antennas for SDR Applications

Autor: E. Surducan, V. Surducan, D. Iancu, J. Glossner
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, Vol 2009 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1687-7578
1687-7586
DOI: 10.1155/2009/460143
Popis: We present multiband antennas configurations for SDR applications. Using a composite folded dipole structure as starting point, we derived more complex antenna configurations to support multiple communication protocols for mobile application with linear and circular polarizations. Prototypes as single antenna with circular polarization, tunable single antenna with PIN diode and MIMO systems with three and four antennas, all derivatives of the same basic structure, were produced in an iterative fashion until the desired parameters were achieved. These antennas are suitable for microstrip circuit realizations and can be included in the printed circuit board (PCB) of the device, or used as stand alone. The shapes and measurement results are presented throughout the paper. From the illustrated graphs it can be seen that the stand-alone antennas exhibit positive gain for all the frequency bands of interest while the separation between antennas, for the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) case, is better than 15 dB.
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