Design of a Low-Profile Antenna for Use with 698-2,700 MHz Femtocell Base Stations [Antenna Applications Corner]

Qi Wu; Shuang Guo; Xiaoming Chen

doi:10.1109/MAP.2018.2839978

Design of a Low-Profile Antenna for Use with 698-2,700 MHz Femtocell Base Stations [Antenna Applications Corner]

Qi Wu
, Shuang Guo
, Xiaoming Chen

Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering

Beihang University

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A low-profile multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) antenna for long-term evolution (LTE) femtocell base stations (BSs) is presented in this article. The antenna element consists of a modified bowtie loaded by three arcs with different lengths that extend the lowest frequency to 698 MHz, a microstrip feeding line, and a planar reflector. It has dimensions of 260 mm × 150 mm × 50 mm and a bandwidth of 698–2,700 MHz. Four of the antenna elements are used to form a four-port MIMO antenna in a novel cross shape. The resulting MIMO antenna has a compact size (480 mm × 480 mm × 50 mm), reasonably low mutual couplings, and extremely low antenna correlations. The MIMO capacity of the proposed antenna is evaluated via numerical simulations, and good MIMO performance is observed.

Original language	English
Article number	8428497
Pages (from-to)	84-94
Number of pages	11
Journal	IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
Volume	60
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MAP.2018.2839978
State	Published - Aug 2018

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