TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-Mode Smartphone Antenna Array for 5G Massive MIMO Applications
AU - Parchin, Naser Ojaroudi
AU - Basherlou, Haleh Jahanbakhsh
AU - Yasir Al-Yasir, I. A.
AU - Sajedin, Maryam
AU - Rodriguez, Jonathan
AU - Abd-Alhameed, Raed A.
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work is supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016 SECRET-722424.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 EurAAP.
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - A multi-band antenna array is proposed for 5G massive MIMO systems. The presented antenna not only exhibits multi-band operation but also generates the polarization diversity characteristic which makes it suitable for multi-mode operation. Its configuration contains eight modified planar-inverted F antenna (PIFA) elements located at different corners of the smartphone mainboard. For ease integration and design facilitation, the antenna elements and ground plane are etched on the same layer. For S-{11} \le -10 dB, PIFA elements of the MIMO design operate at the frequency ranges of 2.5-2.7 GHz, 3.4-3.8 GHz, and 5.6-6 GHz covering the LTE 2600, 42/43, and 47 operation bands. Due to the placement of the antenna elements, the proposed design can support both vertical and horizontal polarizations. Fundamental characteristics of the proposed design are investigated. It offers good S-parameters, acceptable isolation, dual-polarized radiation coverage, and sufficient efficiency. In addition, the calculated TARC and ECC results of modified PIFAs are low over the operation bands.
AB - A multi-band antenna array is proposed for 5G massive MIMO systems. The presented antenna not only exhibits multi-band operation but also generates the polarization diversity characteristic which makes it suitable for multi-mode operation. Its configuration contains eight modified planar-inverted F antenna (PIFA) elements located at different corners of the smartphone mainboard. For ease integration and design facilitation, the antenna elements and ground plane are etched on the same layer. For S-{11} \le -10 dB, PIFA elements of the MIMO design operate at the frequency ranges of 2.5-2.7 GHz, 3.4-3.8 GHz, and 5.6-6 GHz covering the LTE 2600, 42/43, and 47 operation bands. Due to the placement of the antenna elements, the proposed design can support both vertical and horizontal polarizations. Fundamental characteristics of the proposed design are investigated. It offers good S-parameters, acceptable isolation, dual-polarized radiation coverage, and sufficient efficiency. In addition, the calculated TARC and ECC results of modified PIFAs are low over the operation bands.
KW - 5G
KW - massive MIMO
KW - multi-mode operation
KW - PIFA
KW - smartphone applications
U2 - 10.23919/EuCAP48036.2020.9135754
DO - 10.23919/EuCAP48036.2020.9135754
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85088654596
T3 - 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020
BT - 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020
Y2 - 15 March 2020 through 20 March 2020
ER -