4G/5G Multiple Antennas for Future Multi-Mode Smartphone Applications

Yong-Ling Ban; Chuan Li; Chow-Yen-Desmond Sim; Gang Wu; Kin-Lu Wong

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2016.2582786

IEEE Access (Jan 2016)

4G/5G Multiple Antennas for Future Multi-Mode Smartphone Applications

Yong-Ling Ban,
Chuan Li,
Chow-Yen-Desmond Sim,
Gang Wu,
Kin-Lu Wong

Affiliations

Yong-Ling Ban: School of Electronic Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Chuan Li: School of Electronic Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Chow-Yen-Desmond Sim: Department of Electrical Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan
Gang Wu: National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Communication, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Kin-Lu Wong: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2016.2582786
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4
pp. 2981 – 2988

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A hybrid antenna is proposed for future 4G/5G multiple input multiple output (MIMO) applications. The proposed antenna is composed of two antenna modules, namely, 4G antenna module and 5G antenna module. The 4G antenna module is a two-antenna array capable of covering the GSM850/900/1800/1900, UMTS2100, and LTE2300/2500 operating bands, while the 5G antenna module is an eight-antenna array operating in the 3.5-GHz band capable of covering the C-band (3400-3600 MHz), which could meet the demand of future 5G application. Compared with ideal uncorrelated antennas in an 8 × 8 MIMO system, the 5G antenna module has shown good ergodic channel capacity of ~40 b/s/Hz, which is only 6 b/s/Hz lower than ideal case. This multi-mode hybrid antenna is fabricated, and typically, experimental results such as S-parameter, antenna efficiency, radiation pattern, and envelope correlation coefficient are presented.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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