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Research Article Design and Optimization of LTE 1800 MIMO Antenna Huey Shin Wong, 1 Mohammad Tariqul Islam, 2 and Salehin Kibria 1 1 Center for Space Science, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Malaysia 2 Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Malaysia Correspondence should be addressed to Mohammad Tariqul Islam; [email protected] Received 16 January 2014; Accepted 23 April 2014; Published 20 May 2014 Academic Editor: Eva Antonino Daviu Copyright © 2014 Huey Shin Wong 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 multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) antenna that comprises a printed microstrip antenna and a printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna for LTE 1800 wireless application is presented. e printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna is fed by a 50 ohm coplanar waveguide (CPW). A novel T-shaped microstrip feedline printed on the other side of the PCB is used to excite the waveguide’s outer shell. Isolation characteristics better than 15 dB can be obtained for the proposed MIMO antenna. e proposed antenna can operate in LTE 1800 (1710 MHz–1880 MHz). is antenna exhibits omnidirectional characteristics. e efficiency of the antenna is greater than 70% and has high gain of 2.18 dBi. 1. Introduction In recent years, advances in wireless technology have led to the insatiable demand for wireless broadband. e LTE standard can solve this problem by supporting higher data rates, higher capacity, and lower latency [13]. LTE 1800 has gained a lot of interests among wireless broadband operators. is is primarily due to the 1800 MHz band that is already being used for GSM 1800. e spectrum refarming from GSM 1800 to LTE 1800 is very cost effective. A lot of researches have been done to develop LTE antennas [4, 5], but there is lack of research for LTE 1800 MIMO antenna. As the deployments of LTE 1800 continue to accelerate, the development and optimization of LTE 1800 antenna are beneficial to meet the modern demands of wireless terminals. Printed sleeve monopole antennas are low profile with its planar structure. e sleeves that are added to the ground plane of the monopole antenna act as a parasitic element to generate additional resonant mode [6]. is additional reso- nant mode combines with the fundament resonant mode to generate wide bandwidth. Various types of sleeves have been proposed such as L-shaped sleeves [7] and tilted sleeves [8]. Several challenges are faced in order to integrate multiple antennas into a laptop. One of the main challenges in MIMO antenna design is to obtain good isolation characteristics between two antennas [9]. In order to reduce mutual coupling between multiple antennas, a lot of research has been done in order to overcome this challenge. In [10], a dual feed single element antenna for 4G MIMO devices is proposed. Isolated mode antenna technology is used to reduce the mutual coupling between the two ports. It occupies an area of 88.4 × 64.2 mm 2 . In this paper, the proposed antenna is a combination of printed microstrip and a printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna. is proposed antenna can cover LTE 1800 frequency band for laptop or tablets application. It has a smaller size as compared to [10]. e structure of the proposed antenna is described in detail in the following section. e effects of the varying parameters of the proposed MIMO antenna on the antenna performance are also pre- sented in this paper. 2. Antenna Design e proposed antenna design as shown in Figure 1 occupies the size of 80 × 50 mm 2 . e material chosen for the antenna is a FR4 substrate with dielectric permittivity of 4.6 and thickness of 1.6 mm. Figure 2 shows the front and back view of the prototyped antenna. A printed double-L sleeve Hindawi Publishing Corporation e Scientific World Journal Volume 2014, Article ID 725806, 10 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/725806

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Research ArticleDesign and Optimization of LTE 1800 MIMO Antenna

Huey Shin Wong1 Mohammad Tariqul Islam2 and Salehin Kibria1

1 Center for Space Science Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) 43600 Bangi Malaysia2 Department of Electrical Electronic and Systems Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Built EnvironmentUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) 43600 Bangi Malaysia

Correspondence should be addressed to Mohammad Tariqul Islam titareqgmailcom

Received 16 January 2014 Accepted 23 April 2014 Published 20 May 2014

Academic Editor Eva Antonino Daviu

Copyright copy 2014 Huey Shin Wong et al This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons AttributionLicense which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properlycited

A multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) antenna that comprises a printed microstrip antenna and a printed double-L sleevemonopole antenna for LTE 1800 wireless application is presented The printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna is fed by a 50ohm coplanar waveguide (CPW) A novel T-shaped microstrip feedline printed on the other side of the PCB is used to excite thewaveguidersquos outer shell Isolation characteristics better than minus15 dB can be obtained for the proposedMIMO antennaThe proposedantenna can operate in LTE 1800 (1710MHzndash1880MHz) This antenna exhibits omnidirectional characteristics The efficiency ofthe antenna is greater than 70 and has high gain of 218 dBi

1 Introduction

In recent years advances in wireless technology have ledto the insatiable demand for wireless broadband The LTEstandard can solve this problem by supporting higher datarates higher capacity and lower latency [1ndash3] LTE 1800 hasgained a lot of interests among wireless broadband operatorsThis is primarily due to the 1800MHz band that is alreadybeing used forGSM 1800The spectrum refarming fromGSM1800 to LTE 1800 is very cost effective A lot of researches havebeen done to develop LTE antennas [4 5] but there is lack ofresearch for LTE 1800 MIMO antenna As the deploymentsof LTE 1800 continue to accelerate the development andoptimization of LTE 1800 antenna are beneficial to meet themodern demands of wireless terminals

Printed sleeve monopole antennas are low profile with itsplanar structure The sleeves that are added to the groundplane of the monopole antenna act as a parasitic element togenerate additional resonant mode [6] This additional reso-nant mode combines with the fundament resonant mode togenerate wide bandwidth Various types of sleeves have beenproposed such as L-shaped sleeves [7] and tilted sleeves [8]

Several challenges are faced in order to integrate multipleantennas into a laptop One of the main challenges in MIMO

antenna design is to obtain good isolation characteristicsbetween two antennas [9] In order to reducemutual couplingbetween multiple antennas a lot of research has been donein order to overcome this challenge In [10] a dual feedsingle element antenna for 4G MIMO devices is proposedIsolated mode antenna technology is used to reduce themutual coupling between the two ports It occupies an areaof 884 times 642mm2 In this paper the proposed antenna isa combination of printed microstrip and a printed double-Lsleeve monopole antenna This proposed antenna can coverLTE 1800 frequency band for laptop or tablets applicationIt has a smaller size as compared to [10] The structure ofthe proposed antenna is described in detail in the followingsectionThe effects of the varying parameters of the proposedMIMO antenna on the antenna performance are also pre-sented in this paper

2 Antenna Design

The proposed antenna design as shown in Figure 1 occupiesthe size of 80 times 50mm2 The material chosen for the antennais a FR4 substrate with dielectric permittivity of 46 andthickness of 16mm Figure 2 shows the front and backview of the prototyped antenna A printed double-L sleeve

Hindawi Publishing Corporatione Scientific World JournalVolume 2014 Article ID 725806 10 pageshttpdxdoiorg1011552014725806

2 The Scientific World Journal

26mm 34mm

21mm

30mm

20mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

4mm

2mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

x axis

80mm

47mm

Figure 1 Structure and dimension of proposed MIMO antenna

Figure 2 Front and back view of prototype MIMO antenna

monopole antenna is printed on the front side of the printedcircuit board (PCB) Two symmetrical ground planes arelocated at the bottom of the PCB surrounding the printedmonopole The edges of the ground plane are extended toform an L-shaped ground plane A CPW is used to feedthe printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna at Port 1A SubMiniature version A (SMA) connector is soldered tothe 50 ohm CPW The two-symmetrical ground planes atthe bottom of PCB are connected by the SMA connectorA T-shaped microstrip feedline is printed on the backsideof the PCB The T-shaped microstrip feedline is used toexcite the waveguidersquos outer shell on the other side of thePCB The length of the feedline 34mm is 816 of quarterwavelength at 1800MHzThe T-shapedmicrostrip feedline isfed at 114mm from the left end of the feedline at Port 2 It isa microstrip monopole with offset fed antenna The distancebetween Port 1 and Port 2 is 113mm

As shown in Figure 1 the printed double-L sleeve mono-pole antenna consists of a printed monopole in the middleand two-symmetrical L-shaped sleeves at the sides Thetransmission line model method is used to determine thedimensions of the printed monopole to achieve the desiredfrequency The double L-shaped sleeve acts as a parasiticelement to improve the bandwidth of the printed monopoleantenna A T-shaped microstrip feedline is printed on theother side of the PCB The T-shaped feedline is completelycovered by the ground plane on the other side of the PCBThis structure allows efficient radiation properties

The combination of printed double-L sleeve monopoleantenna and a T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna ischosenmainly because of current distribution characteristicsThe structure of the printed double-L sleeve monopoleantenna is designed to be symmetrical A CPW is locatedat the symmetrical line of the printed double-L sleeve

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(a) (b)

0minus2minus4minus6minus8minus10minus12minus14minus16minus18minus20minus22minus24minus26minus28minus30minus32minus34minus36minus38minus40

(dB)

(c)

Figure 3 (a) Surface current distribution at 1800MHz of the printed double-L sleevemonopole antenna only (b) surface current distributionat 1800MHz of the T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only and (c) surface current distribution at 1800MHz of the proposed MIMOantenna

monopole antenna The current distribution for the printeddouble-L sleeve monopole antenna is in phase and of equalmagnitude The current distribution is out of phase for theT-shaped microstrip feedline antenna Figure 3 shows thecurrent distribution at 1800MHz of the printed double-Lsleeve monopole antenna only T-shaped microstrip feedlineantenna only and the proposedMIMO antenna As shown inFigure 3(a) when only the printed double-L sleevemonopoleantenna is excited the currents at the CPW are flowingin an upward direction On the other hand when onlythe T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna is excited thecurrents at the CPW are flowing in circular loop as shown inFigure 3(b) This allows both modes to exist simultaneouslyand independently of each other resulting in low couplingbetween the two ports In Figure 3(b) high concentration of

currents can be observed at the T-shapedmicrostrip feedlineThis leads to coupled vertical currents at the printed double-Lsleeve monopole antenna Vertical currents generated at theL-shaped ground plane on the left side of the printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna are in the upward directionOn the other hand vertical currents generated at the L-shaped ground plane on the right side of the printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna are in the downward directionThe current flows at the left and right side of printed double-Lsleeve monopole are in opposite direction Hence it does notlead to any net current flow into Port 1 Overall good isolationcharacteristics between Port 1 and Port 2 can be achieved

Figures 4(a) and 4(b) illustrate the radiation pattern at1800MHz for E-plane and H-plane of the printed double-Lsleeve monopole antenna respectively In Figure 4(a) E-phi

4 The Scientific World Journal

90270

180

0

minus5

minus10

minus15

minus20

minus25

minus30

E120579E120601

(a)

0

minus5

minus10

minus15

minus20

minus25

minus30 90270

180

E120579E120601

(b)

Figure 4 Simulated radiation patterns at 1800MHz for printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only (a) E-plane and (b) H-plane

and E-theta for the E-plane are given For H-plane the E-theta and E-phi are illustrated in Figure 4(b) The radiationpatterns for T-shapemicrostrip feedline antenna at 1800MHzare depicted in Figures 5(a) and 5(b) In Figure 5(a) the E-theta and E-phi for E-plane are shownThe E-theta and E-phifor the H-plane are given in Figure 5(b)

3 Results and Analysis

The proposed antenna is simulated using IE3D Figure 6shows the simulated and measured results (119878

11 11987821 and

119878

22) of the MIMO antenna The differences in 119878 parameters

between the measured results and the simulated results aredue to the imperfections during the fabrication processFrom the measured results the frequency range is from1710MHz to 1880MHz at the return loss 10 dB A bandwidthof 170MHz is obtained At 1800MHz the isolation betweenPort 1 and Port 2 is about minus1617 dB In Figure 7 themeasured119878 parameter (119878

11) for only the printed double-L sleeve

monopole antenna is shown The printed double-L sleevemonopole antenna has a wide operating frequency rangefrom 1680MHz to 4230MHz The measured 119878 parameter(11987811) for the T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only is

shown in Figure 8 Taking the return loss of 10 dB theT-shaped microstrip feedline antenna can operate from1710MHz to 1880MHz

Envelope correlation coefficient (120588119890) is used to show the

diversity capabilities of a MIMO system [11] The formulagiven in (1) is used to calculate the 120588

119890of a dual antennaMIMO

system [12] The calculated envelope correlation coefficientof the proposed MIMO antenna is given in Figure 9 It canbe observed that the proposed antenna has an envelope

correlation coefficient of less than 007 over the LTE 1800bandThis is acceptable for MIMO applications [13 14]

120588

119890=

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

lowast

11119878

12+ 119878

lowast

21119878

22

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

[1 minus (

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

11

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

+

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

21

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

)] [1 minus (

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

22

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

+

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

12

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

)]

(1)

the proposed antenna has high gain and high efficiency At1800MHz the antenna gain is the highest with 218 dBi asshown in Figure 10 Figure 11 shows simulated total efficiencyof the proposed MIMO antenna The total efficiency at theLTE1800 band (1710MHzndash1880MHz) varies from 7440 to7060 At the resonance frequency 1800MHz the totalefficiency is 7662

The measured radiation patterns at the frequency1800MHz are shown in Figure 12 In Figure 12(a) the radia-tion pattern for the printed double-L sleeve monopoleantenna is shown It can be observed that the radiation pat-tern of the Port 1 antenna is omnidirectional Figure 12(b)shows the measured radiation pattern for Port 2 antennaThe radiation pattern for the T-shaped microstrip feedlineantenna is approximately an omnidirectional pattern

Effects of the distance between Port 1 and Port 2 arestudied in Figure 13 The simulated 119878 parameters graphs fordifferent distances between Port 1 and Port 2 are shown inFigure 13 The results for distance 119889 = 103mm 113mmand 123mm are simulated It is found that as the distance119889 increases the isolation between the two ports decreasesApart from that it is observed that changing the value 119889 haseffects on the resonance frequency of the T-shaped micro-strip feedline antenna As the distance 119889 decreases the reson-ance frequency of the T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna

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180

270 90

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

E120579E120601

(a)

180

270 90

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

E120579E120601

(b)

Figure 5 Simulated radiation patterns at 1800MHz for T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only (a) E-plane and (b) H-plane

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 6 (a) Simulated 119878 parameters of the proposed MIMO antenna (b) Measured 119878 parameters of the proposed MIMO antenna

increases In order to operate at LTE 1800 the most suitabledistance between Port 1 and Port 2 is 113mm

Figure 14 shows the simulated 119878 parameters graph forthe printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only The 119878parameters (119878

11) for the printed monopolersquos length of 10mm

30mm and 50mm are shown in Figure 14 It is found thatthe length of the printed monopole controls the resonanceof the antenna When the length of the printed monopoleis 10mm the resonance of the antenna is at 2374MHz

At the length of 50mm two resonance frequencies canbe observed at 1464MHz and 2558MHz However theseresonance frequencies cannot operate at LTE 1800Hence thelength of the printedmonopole is chosen to be 30mmA largebandwidth of 255MHz is formed by four resonances obtainedfrom 1680MHz to 3750MHz

Figures 15 and 16 show the effects of different shapes of themicrostrip feedline In Figure 15(a) the T-shape microstripfeedline without the left hand is shown Figure 15(b) shows

6 The Scientific World Journal

1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000Frequency (MHz)

Retu

rn lo

ss (d

B)minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Figure 7 Measured return loss with printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

Retu

rn lo

ss (d

B)

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Figure 8 Measured return loss with T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only

0001002003004005006007008009

01

1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900Frequency (GHz)

0073

0004

Enve

lope

corr

elat

ion

coeffi

cien

t 120588e

Figure 9 Envelope correlation coefficient 120588119890of the proposed MIMO antenna

0

05

1

15

2

25

17 172 174 176 178 18 182 184 186 188 19Frequency (MHz)

Gai

n (d

Bi)

197 218191

Figure 10 Simulated gain of the proposed MIMO antenna

The Scientific World Journal 7

0

50

100

1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900Frequency (MHz)

Tota

l effi

cien

cy (

) 7440 76627060

Figure 11 Simulated total efficiency of the proposed MIMO antenna

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(a)

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(b)

Figure 12 (a) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 1 antenna (b) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 2 antenna

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

Frequency (MHz)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 13 (a) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 103mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 123mm

8 The Scientific World Journal

1400 1700 2000 2300 2600 2900 3200 3500 3800Frequency (MHz)

minus40

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

S(1 1) (10mm)S(1 1) (50mm)S(1 1) (30mm)

Figure 14 Simulated 119878 parameters with the printed monopolersquos length of 10mm 30mm and 50mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 15 (a)The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedline without the left hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shape microstripfeedline without the left hand

that there is no resonance frequency for 11987822

in the LTE1800 range The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedlinewithout the right hand is shown in Figure 16(a) Similarly wecan see that there is also no resonance frequency for 119878

22in

the LTE 1800 range in Figure 13(b) The T-shape is crucialto excite the microstrip feedline The T-shape microstripfeedline antenna has resonance frequency of 1800MHz withgood return loss for 119878

22at 2169 dB as shown in Figure 6(b)

Figure 17(a) shows the structure of the antenna whenthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline equals quarterwavelength (4167mm) In Figure 17(b) the simulated resultfor the length of T-shape microstrip feedline that equalsquarter wavelength is shown It can be observed that when

the length of the microstrip feedline is equal to quarterwavelength the resonance frequency is at 1480MHz and thereturn loss is 664 dB The length of the T-shape microstripfeedline is fine-tuned so that it can operate at LTE 1800 It isfound that when the length of themicrostrip feedline is 816of the quarter wavelength (34mm) the T-shape microstripfeedline antenna can operate at LTE 1800 The simulatedresults are shown in Figure 6(a)

4 Conclusion

A MIMO antenna that can operate in LTE 1800 is presentedin this paper The combination of printed double-L sleeve

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26mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 16 (a)The structure of the T-shapemicrostrip feedline without the right hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shapemicrostripfeedline without the right hand

26mm 4167mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus25

minus15

5

minus5

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 17 (a) The structure of the antenna with the length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters withthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm

monopole antenna and T-shaped microstrip monopole feed-line antenna contributes to the good isolation characteristicsin this proposed antenna The proposed MIMO antenna alsohas high gain and efficiency It is a promising candidate tobe integrated in personal digital assistant tablets and otherwireless electronic devices

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interestsregarding the publication of this paper

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[2] H Holma and A Toskala LTE for UMTS Evolution to LTE-Advanced John Wiley amp Sons West Sussex UK 2nd edition2011

[3] E Dahlman S Parkvall and J Skold 4G LTELTE-Advancedfor Mobile Broadband Elsevier Oxford UK 1st edition 2011

[4] A Krewski W L Schroeder and K Solbach ldquoMIMO LTEantenna design for laptops based on theory of characteristic

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modesrdquo inProceedings of the 6th EuropeanConference onAnten-nas and Propagation pp 1894ndash1898 Prague Czech Republic2012

[5] W K Lee M-J Park Y-S Chung et al ldquoMultiband LTEMIMO antenna for laptop applicationsrdquo in Proceedings of theIEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagationand USNCURSI National Radio ScienceMeeting (APSURSI rsquo11)pp 1354ndash1356 Spokane Wash USA July 2011

[6] S N Khan and M A Ahmed ldquoPrinted sleeve monopoleantennardquo in Ultra Wideband Communications Novel TrendsmdashAntennas and Propagation M Matin Ed pp 215ndash230 InTechRijeka Croatia 2011

[7] H Ebrahimian and M Ojaroudi ldquoDesign of a novel ultra-wideband printedmonopole antenna for use in a circular cylin-drival microwave imaging systemrdquo in Proceedings of the 6thInternational Workshop on Biological Effects of ElectromagneticFields Kefaluka Resort Bodrum Turkey 2010

[8] H K Yoon J A Park Y Lim Y J Yoon and C-H Lee ldquoMini-aturization of a ultra wide band antennardquo in Proceedings of theProgress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS rsquo10)pp 204ndash207 Cambridge Mass USA July 2010

[9] H J Jiang Y C Kao and K L Wong ldquoHigh-isolation WLANMIMO laptop computer antenna arrayrdquo in Proceedings of theAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings (AMPC rsquo12) pp319ndash321 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2012

[10] K K Nguyen N D Dang T V Hoang and N C Dao ldquoA noveldesign of dual-feed single-element antenna for 4GMIMOterm-inalsrdquo inProceedings of the Progress in Electromagnetics ResearchSymposium pp 1827ndash1831 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2012

[11] S-L Zuo Y-Z Yin W-J Wu Z-Y Zhang and J Ma ldquoInves-tigations of reduction of mutual coupling between two planarmonopoles using two 1205824 slotsrdquo Progress In ElectromagneticsResearch Letters vol 19 pp 9ndash18 2010

[12] J Wen H Tao and L Chao ldquoDual-band coupling elementbased antennas with high port isolationrdquo Progress in Electro-magnetics Research Letters vol 37 pp 91ndash99 2013

[13] T-W Kang K-L Wong and M-F Tu ldquoInternal handsetantenna array for LTEWWAN and LTE MIMO operationsrdquoin Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas andPropagation (EUCAP rsquo11) pp 557ndash560 Rome Italy April 2011

[14] S Zhang A A Glazunov Z Ying and S He ldquoReduction of theenvelope correlation coefficient with improved total efficiencyfor mobile LTE MIMO antenna arrays mutual scatteringmoderdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol 61no 6 pp 3280ndash33291 2013

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26mm 34mm

21mm

30mm

20mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

4mm

2mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

x axis

80mm

47mm

Figure 1 Structure and dimension of proposed MIMO antenna

Figure 2 Front and back view of prototype MIMO antenna

monopole antenna is printed on the front side of the printedcircuit board (PCB) Two symmetrical ground planes arelocated at the bottom of the PCB surrounding the printedmonopole The edges of the ground plane are extended toform an L-shaped ground plane A CPW is used to feedthe printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna at Port 1A SubMiniature version A (SMA) connector is soldered tothe 50 ohm CPW The two-symmetrical ground planes atthe bottom of PCB are connected by the SMA connectorA T-shaped microstrip feedline is printed on the backsideof the PCB The T-shaped microstrip feedline is used toexcite the waveguidersquos outer shell on the other side of thePCB The length of the feedline 34mm is 816 of quarterwavelength at 1800MHzThe T-shapedmicrostrip feedline isfed at 114mm from the left end of the feedline at Port 2 It isa microstrip monopole with offset fed antenna The distancebetween Port 1 and Port 2 is 113mm

As shown in Figure 1 the printed double-L sleeve mono-pole antenna consists of a printed monopole in the middleand two-symmetrical L-shaped sleeves at the sides Thetransmission line model method is used to determine thedimensions of the printed monopole to achieve the desiredfrequency The double L-shaped sleeve acts as a parasiticelement to improve the bandwidth of the printed monopoleantenna A T-shaped microstrip feedline is printed on theother side of the PCB The T-shaped feedline is completelycovered by the ground plane on the other side of the PCBThis structure allows efficient radiation properties

The combination of printed double-L sleeve monopoleantenna and a T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna ischosenmainly because of current distribution characteristicsThe structure of the printed double-L sleeve monopoleantenna is designed to be symmetrical A CPW is locatedat the symmetrical line of the printed double-L sleeve

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(a) (b)

0minus2minus4minus6minus8minus10minus12minus14minus16minus18minus20minus22minus24minus26minus28minus30minus32minus34minus36minus38minus40

(dB)

(c)

Figure 3 (a) Surface current distribution at 1800MHz of the printed double-L sleevemonopole antenna only (b) surface current distributionat 1800MHz of the T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only and (c) surface current distribution at 1800MHz of the proposed MIMOantenna

monopole antenna The current distribution for the printeddouble-L sleeve monopole antenna is in phase and of equalmagnitude The current distribution is out of phase for theT-shaped microstrip feedline antenna Figure 3 shows thecurrent distribution at 1800MHz of the printed double-Lsleeve monopole antenna only T-shaped microstrip feedlineantenna only and the proposedMIMO antenna As shown inFigure 3(a) when only the printed double-L sleevemonopoleantenna is excited the currents at the CPW are flowingin an upward direction On the other hand when onlythe T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna is excited thecurrents at the CPW are flowing in circular loop as shown inFigure 3(b) This allows both modes to exist simultaneouslyand independently of each other resulting in low couplingbetween the two ports In Figure 3(b) high concentration of

currents can be observed at the T-shapedmicrostrip feedlineThis leads to coupled vertical currents at the printed double-Lsleeve monopole antenna Vertical currents generated at theL-shaped ground plane on the left side of the printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna are in the upward directionOn the other hand vertical currents generated at the L-shaped ground plane on the right side of the printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna are in the downward directionThe current flows at the left and right side of printed double-Lsleeve monopole are in opposite direction Hence it does notlead to any net current flow into Port 1 Overall good isolationcharacteristics between Port 1 and Port 2 can be achieved

Figures 4(a) and 4(b) illustrate the radiation pattern at1800MHz for E-plane and H-plane of the printed double-Lsleeve monopole antenna respectively In Figure 4(a) E-phi

4 The Scientific World Journal

90270

180

0

minus5

minus10

minus15

minus20

minus25

minus30

E120579E120601

(a)

0

minus5

minus10

minus15

minus20

minus25

minus30 90270

180

E120579E120601

(b)

Figure 4 Simulated radiation patterns at 1800MHz for printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only (a) E-plane and (b) H-plane

and E-theta for the E-plane are given For H-plane the E-theta and E-phi are illustrated in Figure 4(b) The radiationpatterns for T-shapemicrostrip feedline antenna at 1800MHzare depicted in Figures 5(a) and 5(b) In Figure 5(a) the E-theta and E-phi for E-plane are shownThe E-theta and E-phifor the H-plane are given in Figure 5(b)

3 Results and Analysis

The proposed antenna is simulated using IE3D Figure 6shows the simulated and measured results (119878

11 11987821 and

119878

22) of the MIMO antenna The differences in 119878 parameters

between the measured results and the simulated results aredue to the imperfections during the fabrication processFrom the measured results the frequency range is from1710MHz to 1880MHz at the return loss 10 dB A bandwidthof 170MHz is obtained At 1800MHz the isolation betweenPort 1 and Port 2 is about minus1617 dB In Figure 7 themeasured119878 parameter (119878

11) for only the printed double-L sleeve

monopole antenna is shown The printed double-L sleevemonopole antenna has a wide operating frequency rangefrom 1680MHz to 4230MHz The measured 119878 parameter(11987811) for the T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only is

shown in Figure 8 Taking the return loss of 10 dB theT-shaped microstrip feedline antenna can operate from1710MHz to 1880MHz

Envelope correlation coefficient (120588119890) is used to show the

diversity capabilities of a MIMO system [11] The formulagiven in (1) is used to calculate the 120588

119890of a dual antennaMIMO

system [12] The calculated envelope correlation coefficientof the proposed MIMO antenna is given in Figure 9 It canbe observed that the proposed antenna has an envelope

correlation coefficient of less than 007 over the LTE 1800bandThis is acceptable for MIMO applications [13 14]

120588

119890=

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

lowast

11119878

12+ 119878

lowast

21119878

22

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

[1 minus (

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

11

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

+

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

21

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

)] [1 minus (

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

22

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

+

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

12

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

)]

(1)

the proposed antenna has high gain and high efficiency At1800MHz the antenna gain is the highest with 218 dBi asshown in Figure 10 Figure 11 shows simulated total efficiencyof the proposed MIMO antenna The total efficiency at theLTE1800 band (1710MHzndash1880MHz) varies from 7440 to7060 At the resonance frequency 1800MHz the totalefficiency is 7662

The measured radiation patterns at the frequency1800MHz are shown in Figure 12 In Figure 12(a) the radia-tion pattern for the printed double-L sleeve monopoleantenna is shown It can be observed that the radiation pat-tern of the Port 1 antenna is omnidirectional Figure 12(b)shows the measured radiation pattern for Port 2 antennaThe radiation pattern for the T-shaped microstrip feedlineantenna is approximately an omnidirectional pattern

Effects of the distance between Port 1 and Port 2 arestudied in Figure 13 The simulated 119878 parameters graphs fordifferent distances between Port 1 and Port 2 are shown inFigure 13 The results for distance 119889 = 103mm 113mmand 123mm are simulated It is found that as the distance119889 increases the isolation between the two ports decreasesApart from that it is observed that changing the value 119889 haseffects on the resonance frequency of the T-shaped micro-strip feedline antenna As the distance 119889 decreases the reson-ance frequency of the T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna

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180

270 90

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

E120579E120601

(a)

180

270 90

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

E120579E120601

(b)

Figure 5 Simulated radiation patterns at 1800MHz for T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only (a) E-plane and (b) H-plane

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 6 (a) Simulated 119878 parameters of the proposed MIMO antenna (b) Measured 119878 parameters of the proposed MIMO antenna

increases In order to operate at LTE 1800 the most suitabledistance between Port 1 and Port 2 is 113mm

Figure 14 shows the simulated 119878 parameters graph forthe printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only The 119878parameters (119878

11) for the printed monopolersquos length of 10mm

30mm and 50mm are shown in Figure 14 It is found thatthe length of the printed monopole controls the resonanceof the antenna When the length of the printed monopoleis 10mm the resonance of the antenna is at 2374MHz

At the length of 50mm two resonance frequencies canbe observed at 1464MHz and 2558MHz However theseresonance frequencies cannot operate at LTE 1800Hence thelength of the printedmonopole is chosen to be 30mmA largebandwidth of 255MHz is formed by four resonances obtainedfrom 1680MHz to 3750MHz

Figures 15 and 16 show the effects of different shapes of themicrostrip feedline In Figure 15(a) the T-shape microstripfeedline without the left hand is shown Figure 15(b) shows

6 The Scientific World Journal

1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000Frequency (MHz)

Retu

rn lo

ss (d

B)minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Figure 7 Measured return loss with printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

Retu

rn lo

ss (d

B)

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Figure 8 Measured return loss with T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only

0001002003004005006007008009

01

1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900Frequency (GHz)

0073

0004

Enve

lope

corr

elat

ion

coeffi

cien

t 120588e

Figure 9 Envelope correlation coefficient 120588119890of the proposed MIMO antenna

0

05

1

15

2

25

17 172 174 176 178 18 182 184 186 188 19Frequency (MHz)

Gai

n (d

Bi)

197 218191

Figure 10 Simulated gain of the proposed MIMO antenna

The Scientific World Journal 7

0

50

100

1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900Frequency (MHz)

Tota

l effi

cien

cy (

) 7440 76627060

Figure 11 Simulated total efficiency of the proposed MIMO antenna

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(a)

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(b)

Figure 12 (a) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 1 antenna (b) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 2 antenna

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

Frequency (MHz)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 13 (a) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 103mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 123mm

8 The Scientific World Journal

1400 1700 2000 2300 2600 2900 3200 3500 3800Frequency (MHz)

minus40

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

S(1 1) (10mm)S(1 1) (50mm)S(1 1) (30mm)

Figure 14 Simulated 119878 parameters with the printed monopolersquos length of 10mm 30mm and 50mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 15 (a)The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedline without the left hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shape microstripfeedline without the left hand

that there is no resonance frequency for 11987822

in the LTE1800 range The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedlinewithout the right hand is shown in Figure 16(a) Similarly wecan see that there is also no resonance frequency for 119878

22in

the LTE 1800 range in Figure 13(b) The T-shape is crucialto excite the microstrip feedline The T-shape microstripfeedline antenna has resonance frequency of 1800MHz withgood return loss for 119878

22at 2169 dB as shown in Figure 6(b)

Figure 17(a) shows the structure of the antenna whenthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline equals quarterwavelength (4167mm) In Figure 17(b) the simulated resultfor the length of T-shape microstrip feedline that equalsquarter wavelength is shown It can be observed that when

the length of the microstrip feedline is equal to quarterwavelength the resonance frequency is at 1480MHz and thereturn loss is 664 dB The length of the T-shape microstripfeedline is fine-tuned so that it can operate at LTE 1800 It isfound that when the length of themicrostrip feedline is 816of the quarter wavelength (34mm) the T-shape microstripfeedline antenna can operate at LTE 1800 The simulatedresults are shown in Figure 6(a)

4 Conclusion

A MIMO antenna that can operate in LTE 1800 is presentedin this paper The combination of printed double-L sleeve

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26mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 16 (a)The structure of the T-shapemicrostrip feedline without the right hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shapemicrostripfeedline without the right hand

26mm 4167mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus25

minus15

5

minus5

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 17 (a) The structure of the antenna with the length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters withthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm

monopole antenna and T-shaped microstrip monopole feed-line antenna contributes to the good isolation characteristicsin this proposed antenna The proposed MIMO antenna alsohas high gain and efficiency It is a promising candidate tobe integrated in personal digital assistant tablets and otherwireless electronic devices

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interestsregarding the publication of this paper

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[1] M Rumney LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless Design andMeasurement Challenges JohnWiley amp Sons West Sussex UK2nd edition 2013

[2] H Holma and A Toskala LTE for UMTS Evolution to LTE-Advanced John Wiley amp Sons West Sussex UK 2nd edition2011

[3] E Dahlman S Parkvall and J Skold 4G LTELTE-Advancedfor Mobile Broadband Elsevier Oxford UK 1st edition 2011

[4] A Krewski W L Schroeder and K Solbach ldquoMIMO LTEantenna design for laptops based on theory of characteristic

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modesrdquo inProceedings of the 6th EuropeanConference onAnten-nas and Propagation pp 1894ndash1898 Prague Czech Republic2012

[5] W K Lee M-J Park Y-S Chung et al ldquoMultiband LTEMIMO antenna for laptop applicationsrdquo in Proceedings of theIEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagationand USNCURSI National Radio ScienceMeeting (APSURSI rsquo11)pp 1354ndash1356 Spokane Wash USA July 2011

[6] S N Khan and M A Ahmed ldquoPrinted sleeve monopoleantennardquo in Ultra Wideband Communications Novel TrendsmdashAntennas and Propagation M Matin Ed pp 215ndash230 InTechRijeka Croatia 2011

[7] H Ebrahimian and M Ojaroudi ldquoDesign of a novel ultra-wideband printedmonopole antenna for use in a circular cylin-drival microwave imaging systemrdquo in Proceedings of the 6thInternational Workshop on Biological Effects of ElectromagneticFields Kefaluka Resort Bodrum Turkey 2010

[8] H K Yoon J A Park Y Lim Y J Yoon and C-H Lee ldquoMini-aturization of a ultra wide band antennardquo in Proceedings of theProgress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS rsquo10)pp 204ndash207 Cambridge Mass USA July 2010

[9] H J Jiang Y C Kao and K L Wong ldquoHigh-isolation WLANMIMO laptop computer antenna arrayrdquo in Proceedings of theAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings (AMPC rsquo12) pp319ndash321 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2012

[10] K K Nguyen N D Dang T V Hoang and N C Dao ldquoA noveldesign of dual-feed single-element antenna for 4GMIMOterm-inalsrdquo inProceedings of the Progress in Electromagnetics ResearchSymposium pp 1827ndash1831 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2012

[11] S-L Zuo Y-Z Yin W-J Wu Z-Y Zhang and J Ma ldquoInves-tigations of reduction of mutual coupling between two planarmonopoles using two 1205824 slotsrdquo Progress In ElectromagneticsResearch Letters vol 19 pp 9ndash18 2010

[12] J Wen H Tao and L Chao ldquoDual-band coupling elementbased antennas with high port isolationrdquo Progress in Electro-magnetics Research Letters vol 37 pp 91ndash99 2013

[13] T-W Kang K-L Wong and M-F Tu ldquoInternal handsetantenna array for LTEWWAN and LTE MIMO operationsrdquoin Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas andPropagation (EUCAP rsquo11) pp 557ndash560 Rome Italy April 2011

[14] S Zhang A A Glazunov Z Ying and S He ldquoReduction of theenvelope correlation coefficient with improved total efficiencyfor mobile LTE MIMO antenna arrays mutual scatteringmoderdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol 61no 6 pp 3280ndash33291 2013

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The Scientific World Journal 3

(a) (b)

0minus2minus4minus6minus8minus10minus12minus14minus16minus18minus20minus22minus24minus26minus28minus30minus32minus34minus36minus38minus40

(dB)

(c)

Figure 3 (a) Surface current distribution at 1800MHz of the printed double-L sleevemonopole antenna only (b) surface current distributionat 1800MHz of the T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only and (c) surface current distribution at 1800MHz of the proposed MIMOantenna

monopole antenna The current distribution for the printeddouble-L sleeve monopole antenna is in phase and of equalmagnitude The current distribution is out of phase for theT-shaped microstrip feedline antenna Figure 3 shows thecurrent distribution at 1800MHz of the printed double-Lsleeve monopole antenna only T-shaped microstrip feedlineantenna only and the proposedMIMO antenna As shown inFigure 3(a) when only the printed double-L sleevemonopoleantenna is excited the currents at the CPW are flowingin an upward direction On the other hand when onlythe T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna is excited thecurrents at the CPW are flowing in circular loop as shown inFigure 3(b) This allows both modes to exist simultaneouslyand independently of each other resulting in low couplingbetween the two ports In Figure 3(b) high concentration of

currents can be observed at the T-shapedmicrostrip feedlineThis leads to coupled vertical currents at the printed double-Lsleeve monopole antenna Vertical currents generated at theL-shaped ground plane on the left side of the printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna are in the upward directionOn the other hand vertical currents generated at the L-shaped ground plane on the right side of the printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna are in the downward directionThe current flows at the left and right side of printed double-Lsleeve monopole are in opposite direction Hence it does notlead to any net current flow into Port 1 Overall good isolationcharacteristics between Port 1 and Port 2 can be achieved

Figures 4(a) and 4(b) illustrate the radiation pattern at1800MHz for E-plane and H-plane of the printed double-Lsleeve monopole antenna respectively In Figure 4(a) E-phi

4 The Scientific World Journal

90270

180

0

minus5

minus10

minus15

minus20

minus25

minus30

E120579E120601

(a)

0

minus5

minus10

minus15

minus20

minus25

minus30 90270

180

E120579E120601

(b)

Figure 4 Simulated radiation patterns at 1800MHz for printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only (a) E-plane and (b) H-plane

and E-theta for the E-plane are given For H-plane the E-theta and E-phi are illustrated in Figure 4(b) The radiationpatterns for T-shapemicrostrip feedline antenna at 1800MHzare depicted in Figures 5(a) and 5(b) In Figure 5(a) the E-theta and E-phi for E-plane are shownThe E-theta and E-phifor the H-plane are given in Figure 5(b)

3 Results and Analysis

The proposed antenna is simulated using IE3D Figure 6shows the simulated and measured results (119878

11 11987821 and

119878

22) of the MIMO antenna The differences in 119878 parameters

between the measured results and the simulated results aredue to the imperfections during the fabrication processFrom the measured results the frequency range is from1710MHz to 1880MHz at the return loss 10 dB A bandwidthof 170MHz is obtained At 1800MHz the isolation betweenPort 1 and Port 2 is about minus1617 dB In Figure 7 themeasured119878 parameter (119878

11) for only the printed double-L sleeve

monopole antenna is shown The printed double-L sleevemonopole antenna has a wide operating frequency rangefrom 1680MHz to 4230MHz The measured 119878 parameter(11987811) for the T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only is

shown in Figure 8 Taking the return loss of 10 dB theT-shaped microstrip feedline antenna can operate from1710MHz to 1880MHz

Envelope correlation coefficient (120588119890) is used to show the

diversity capabilities of a MIMO system [11] The formulagiven in (1) is used to calculate the 120588

119890of a dual antennaMIMO

system [12] The calculated envelope correlation coefficientof the proposed MIMO antenna is given in Figure 9 It canbe observed that the proposed antenna has an envelope

correlation coefficient of less than 007 over the LTE 1800bandThis is acceptable for MIMO applications [13 14]

120588

119890=

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

lowast

11119878

12+ 119878

lowast

21119878

22

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

[1 minus (

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

11

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

+

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

21

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

)] [1 minus (

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

22

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

+

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

12

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

)]

(1)

the proposed antenna has high gain and high efficiency At1800MHz the antenna gain is the highest with 218 dBi asshown in Figure 10 Figure 11 shows simulated total efficiencyof the proposed MIMO antenna The total efficiency at theLTE1800 band (1710MHzndash1880MHz) varies from 7440 to7060 At the resonance frequency 1800MHz the totalefficiency is 7662

The measured radiation patterns at the frequency1800MHz are shown in Figure 12 In Figure 12(a) the radia-tion pattern for the printed double-L sleeve monopoleantenna is shown It can be observed that the radiation pat-tern of the Port 1 antenna is omnidirectional Figure 12(b)shows the measured radiation pattern for Port 2 antennaThe radiation pattern for the T-shaped microstrip feedlineantenna is approximately an omnidirectional pattern

Effects of the distance between Port 1 and Port 2 arestudied in Figure 13 The simulated 119878 parameters graphs fordifferent distances between Port 1 and Port 2 are shown inFigure 13 The results for distance 119889 = 103mm 113mmand 123mm are simulated It is found that as the distance119889 increases the isolation between the two ports decreasesApart from that it is observed that changing the value 119889 haseffects on the resonance frequency of the T-shaped micro-strip feedline antenna As the distance 119889 decreases the reson-ance frequency of the T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna

The Scientific World Journal 5

180

270 90

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

E120579E120601

(a)

180

270 90

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

E120579E120601

(b)

Figure 5 Simulated radiation patterns at 1800MHz for T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only (a) E-plane and (b) H-plane

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 6 (a) Simulated 119878 parameters of the proposed MIMO antenna (b) Measured 119878 parameters of the proposed MIMO antenna

increases In order to operate at LTE 1800 the most suitabledistance between Port 1 and Port 2 is 113mm

Figure 14 shows the simulated 119878 parameters graph forthe printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only The 119878parameters (119878

11) for the printed monopolersquos length of 10mm

30mm and 50mm are shown in Figure 14 It is found thatthe length of the printed monopole controls the resonanceof the antenna When the length of the printed monopoleis 10mm the resonance of the antenna is at 2374MHz

At the length of 50mm two resonance frequencies canbe observed at 1464MHz and 2558MHz However theseresonance frequencies cannot operate at LTE 1800Hence thelength of the printedmonopole is chosen to be 30mmA largebandwidth of 255MHz is formed by four resonances obtainedfrom 1680MHz to 3750MHz

Figures 15 and 16 show the effects of different shapes of themicrostrip feedline In Figure 15(a) the T-shape microstripfeedline without the left hand is shown Figure 15(b) shows

6 The Scientific World Journal

1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000Frequency (MHz)

Retu

rn lo

ss (d

B)minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Figure 7 Measured return loss with printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

Retu

rn lo

ss (d

B)

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Figure 8 Measured return loss with T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only

0001002003004005006007008009

01

1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900Frequency (GHz)

0073

0004

Enve

lope

corr

elat

ion

coeffi

cien

t 120588e

Figure 9 Envelope correlation coefficient 120588119890of the proposed MIMO antenna

0

05

1

15

2

25

17 172 174 176 178 18 182 184 186 188 19Frequency (MHz)

Gai

n (d

Bi)

197 218191

Figure 10 Simulated gain of the proposed MIMO antenna

The Scientific World Journal 7

0

50

100

1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900Frequency (MHz)

Tota

l effi

cien

cy (

) 7440 76627060

Figure 11 Simulated total efficiency of the proposed MIMO antenna

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(a)

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(b)

Figure 12 (a) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 1 antenna (b) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 2 antenna

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

Frequency (MHz)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 13 (a) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 103mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 123mm

8 The Scientific World Journal

1400 1700 2000 2300 2600 2900 3200 3500 3800Frequency (MHz)

minus40

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

S(1 1) (10mm)S(1 1) (50mm)S(1 1) (30mm)

Figure 14 Simulated 119878 parameters with the printed monopolersquos length of 10mm 30mm and 50mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 15 (a)The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedline without the left hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shape microstripfeedline without the left hand

that there is no resonance frequency for 11987822

in the LTE1800 range The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedlinewithout the right hand is shown in Figure 16(a) Similarly wecan see that there is also no resonance frequency for 119878

22in

the LTE 1800 range in Figure 13(b) The T-shape is crucialto excite the microstrip feedline The T-shape microstripfeedline antenna has resonance frequency of 1800MHz withgood return loss for 119878

22at 2169 dB as shown in Figure 6(b)

Figure 17(a) shows the structure of the antenna whenthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline equals quarterwavelength (4167mm) In Figure 17(b) the simulated resultfor the length of T-shape microstrip feedline that equalsquarter wavelength is shown It can be observed that when

the length of the microstrip feedline is equal to quarterwavelength the resonance frequency is at 1480MHz and thereturn loss is 664 dB The length of the T-shape microstripfeedline is fine-tuned so that it can operate at LTE 1800 It isfound that when the length of themicrostrip feedline is 816of the quarter wavelength (34mm) the T-shape microstripfeedline antenna can operate at LTE 1800 The simulatedresults are shown in Figure 6(a)

4 Conclusion

A MIMO antenna that can operate in LTE 1800 is presentedin this paper The combination of printed double-L sleeve

The Scientific World Journal 9

26mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 16 (a)The structure of the T-shapemicrostrip feedline without the right hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shapemicrostripfeedline without the right hand

26mm 4167mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus25

minus15

5

minus5

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 17 (a) The structure of the antenna with the length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters withthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm

monopole antenna and T-shaped microstrip monopole feed-line antenna contributes to the good isolation characteristicsin this proposed antenna The proposed MIMO antenna alsohas high gain and efficiency It is a promising candidate tobe integrated in personal digital assistant tablets and otherwireless electronic devices

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interestsregarding the publication of this paper

References

[1] M Rumney LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless Design andMeasurement Challenges JohnWiley amp Sons West Sussex UK2nd edition 2013

[2] H Holma and A Toskala LTE for UMTS Evolution to LTE-Advanced John Wiley amp Sons West Sussex UK 2nd edition2011

[3] E Dahlman S Parkvall and J Skold 4G LTELTE-Advancedfor Mobile Broadband Elsevier Oxford UK 1st edition 2011

[4] A Krewski W L Schroeder and K Solbach ldquoMIMO LTEantenna design for laptops based on theory of characteristic

10 The Scientific World Journal

modesrdquo inProceedings of the 6th EuropeanConference onAnten-nas and Propagation pp 1894ndash1898 Prague Czech Republic2012

[5] W K Lee M-J Park Y-S Chung et al ldquoMultiband LTEMIMO antenna for laptop applicationsrdquo in Proceedings of theIEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagationand USNCURSI National Radio ScienceMeeting (APSURSI rsquo11)pp 1354ndash1356 Spokane Wash USA July 2011

[6] S N Khan and M A Ahmed ldquoPrinted sleeve monopoleantennardquo in Ultra Wideband Communications Novel TrendsmdashAntennas and Propagation M Matin Ed pp 215ndash230 InTechRijeka Croatia 2011

[7] H Ebrahimian and M Ojaroudi ldquoDesign of a novel ultra-wideband printedmonopole antenna for use in a circular cylin-drival microwave imaging systemrdquo in Proceedings of the 6thInternational Workshop on Biological Effects of ElectromagneticFields Kefaluka Resort Bodrum Turkey 2010

[8] H K Yoon J A Park Y Lim Y J Yoon and C-H Lee ldquoMini-aturization of a ultra wide band antennardquo in Proceedings of theProgress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS rsquo10)pp 204ndash207 Cambridge Mass USA July 2010

[9] H J Jiang Y C Kao and K L Wong ldquoHigh-isolation WLANMIMO laptop computer antenna arrayrdquo in Proceedings of theAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings (AMPC rsquo12) pp319ndash321 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2012

[10] K K Nguyen N D Dang T V Hoang and N C Dao ldquoA noveldesign of dual-feed single-element antenna for 4GMIMOterm-inalsrdquo inProceedings of the Progress in Electromagnetics ResearchSymposium pp 1827ndash1831 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2012

[11] S-L Zuo Y-Z Yin W-J Wu Z-Y Zhang and J Ma ldquoInves-tigations of reduction of mutual coupling between two planarmonopoles using two 1205824 slotsrdquo Progress In ElectromagneticsResearch Letters vol 19 pp 9ndash18 2010

[12] J Wen H Tao and L Chao ldquoDual-band coupling elementbased antennas with high port isolationrdquo Progress in Electro-magnetics Research Letters vol 37 pp 91ndash99 2013

[13] T-W Kang K-L Wong and M-F Tu ldquoInternal handsetantenna array for LTEWWAN and LTE MIMO operationsrdquoin Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas andPropagation (EUCAP rsquo11) pp 557ndash560 Rome Italy April 2011

[14] S Zhang A A Glazunov Z Ying and S He ldquoReduction of theenvelope correlation coefficient with improved total efficiencyfor mobile LTE MIMO antenna arrays mutual scatteringmoderdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol 61no 6 pp 3280ndash33291 2013

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

VLSI Design

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

International Journal of

RotatingMachinery

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Journal ofEngineeringVolume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Shock and Vibration

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Mechanical Engineering

Advances in

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

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Distributed Sensor Networks

International Journal of

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

Active and Passive Electronic Components

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Antennas andPropagation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Navigation and Observation

International Journal of

4 The Scientific World Journal

90270

180

0

minus5

minus10

minus15

minus20

minus25

minus30

E120579E120601

(a)

0

minus5

minus10

minus15

minus20

minus25

minus30 90270

180

E120579E120601

(b)

Figure 4 Simulated radiation patterns at 1800MHz for printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only (a) E-plane and (b) H-plane

and E-theta for the E-plane are given For H-plane the E-theta and E-phi are illustrated in Figure 4(b) The radiationpatterns for T-shapemicrostrip feedline antenna at 1800MHzare depicted in Figures 5(a) and 5(b) In Figure 5(a) the E-theta and E-phi for E-plane are shownThe E-theta and E-phifor the H-plane are given in Figure 5(b)

3 Results and Analysis

The proposed antenna is simulated using IE3D Figure 6shows the simulated and measured results (119878

11 11987821 and

119878

22) of the MIMO antenna The differences in 119878 parameters

between the measured results and the simulated results aredue to the imperfections during the fabrication processFrom the measured results the frequency range is from1710MHz to 1880MHz at the return loss 10 dB A bandwidthof 170MHz is obtained At 1800MHz the isolation betweenPort 1 and Port 2 is about minus1617 dB In Figure 7 themeasured119878 parameter (119878

11) for only the printed double-L sleeve

monopole antenna is shown The printed double-L sleevemonopole antenna has a wide operating frequency rangefrom 1680MHz to 4230MHz The measured 119878 parameter(11987811) for the T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only is

shown in Figure 8 Taking the return loss of 10 dB theT-shaped microstrip feedline antenna can operate from1710MHz to 1880MHz

Envelope correlation coefficient (120588119890) is used to show the

diversity capabilities of a MIMO system [11] The formulagiven in (1) is used to calculate the 120588

119890of a dual antennaMIMO

system [12] The calculated envelope correlation coefficientof the proposed MIMO antenna is given in Figure 9 It canbe observed that the proposed antenna has an envelope

correlation coefficient of less than 007 over the LTE 1800bandThis is acceptable for MIMO applications [13 14]

120588

119890=

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

lowast

11119878

12+ 119878

lowast

21119878

22

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

[1 minus (

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

11

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

+

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

21

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

)] [1 minus (

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

22

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

+

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

119878

12

1003816

1003816

1003816

1003816

2

)]

(1)

the proposed antenna has high gain and high efficiency At1800MHz the antenna gain is the highest with 218 dBi asshown in Figure 10 Figure 11 shows simulated total efficiencyof the proposed MIMO antenna The total efficiency at theLTE1800 band (1710MHzndash1880MHz) varies from 7440 to7060 At the resonance frequency 1800MHz the totalefficiency is 7662

The measured radiation patterns at the frequency1800MHz are shown in Figure 12 In Figure 12(a) the radia-tion pattern for the printed double-L sleeve monopoleantenna is shown It can be observed that the radiation pat-tern of the Port 1 antenna is omnidirectional Figure 12(b)shows the measured radiation pattern for Port 2 antennaThe radiation pattern for the T-shaped microstrip feedlineantenna is approximately an omnidirectional pattern

Effects of the distance between Port 1 and Port 2 arestudied in Figure 13 The simulated 119878 parameters graphs fordifferent distances between Port 1 and Port 2 are shown inFigure 13 The results for distance 119889 = 103mm 113mmand 123mm are simulated It is found that as the distance119889 increases the isolation between the two ports decreasesApart from that it is observed that changing the value 119889 haseffects on the resonance frequency of the T-shaped micro-strip feedline antenna As the distance 119889 decreases the reson-ance frequency of the T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna

The Scientific World Journal 5

180

270 90

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

E120579E120601

(a)

180

270 90

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

E120579E120601

(b)

Figure 5 Simulated radiation patterns at 1800MHz for T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only (a) E-plane and (b) H-plane

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 6 (a) Simulated 119878 parameters of the proposed MIMO antenna (b) Measured 119878 parameters of the proposed MIMO antenna

increases In order to operate at LTE 1800 the most suitabledistance between Port 1 and Port 2 is 113mm

Figure 14 shows the simulated 119878 parameters graph forthe printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only The 119878parameters (119878

11) for the printed monopolersquos length of 10mm

30mm and 50mm are shown in Figure 14 It is found thatthe length of the printed monopole controls the resonanceof the antenna When the length of the printed monopoleis 10mm the resonance of the antenna is at 2374MHz

At the length of 50mm two resonance frequencies canbe observed at 1464MHz and 2558MHz However theseresonance frequencies cannot operate at LTE 1800Hence thelength of the printedmonopole is chosen to be 30mmA largebandwidth of 255MHz is formed by four resonances obtainedfrom 1680MHz to 3750MHz

Figures 15 and 16 show the effects of different shapes of themicrostrip feedline In Figure 15(a) the T-shape microstripfeedline without the left hand is shown Figure 15(b) shows

6 The Scientific World Journal

1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000Frequency (MHz)

Retu

rn lo

ss (d

B)minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Figure 7 Measured return loss with printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

Retu

rn lo

ss (d

B)

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Figure 8 Measured return loss with T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only

0001002003004005006007008009

01

1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900Frequency (GHz)

0073

0004

Enve

lope

corr

elat

ion

coeffi

cien

t 120588e

Figure 9 Envelope correlation coefficient 120588119890of the proposed MIMO antenna

0

05

1

15

2

25

17 172 174 176 178 18 182 184 186 188 19Frequency (MHz)

Gai

n (d

Bi)

197 218191

Figure 10 Simulated gain of the proposed MIMO antenna

The Scientific World Journal 7

0

50

100

1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900Frequency (MHz)

Tota

l effi

cien

cy (

) 7440 76627060

Figure 11 Simulated total efficiency of the proposed MIMO antenna

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(a)

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(b)

Figure 12 (a) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 1 antenna (b) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 2 antenna

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

Frequency (MHz)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 13 (a) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 103mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 123mm

8 The Scientific World Journal

1400 1700 2000 2300 2600 2900 3200 3500 3800Frequency (MHz)

minus40

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

S(1 1) (10mm)S(1 1) (50mm)S(1 1) (30mm)

Figure 14 Simulated 119878 parameters with the printed monopolersquos length of 10mm 30mm and 50mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 15 (a)The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedline without the left hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shape microstripfeedline without the left hand

that there is no resonance frequency for 11987822

in the LTE1800 range The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedlinewithout the right hand is shown in Figure 16(a) Similarly wecan see that there is also no resonance frequency for 119878

22in

the LTE 1800 range in Figure 13(b) The T-shape is crucialto excite the microstrip feedline The T-shape microstripfeedline antenna has resonance frequency of 1800MHz withgood return loss for 119878

22at 2169 dB as shown in Figure 6(b)

Figure 17(a) shows the structure of the antenna whenthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline equals quarterwavelength (4167mm) In Figure 17(b) the simulated resultfor the length of T-shape microstrip feedline that equalsquarter wavelength is shown It can be observed that when

the length of the microstrip feedline is equal to quarterwavelength the resonance frequency is at 1480MHz and thereturn loss is 664 dB The length of the T-shape microstripfeedline is fine-tuned so that it can operate at LTE 1800 It isfound that when the length of themicrostrip feedline is 816of the quarter wavelength (34mm) the T-shape microstripfeedline antenna can operate at LTE 1800 The simulatedresults are shown in Figure 6(a)

4 Conclusion

A MIMO antenna that can operate in LTE 1800 is presentedin this paper The combination of printed double-L sleeve

The Scientific World Journal 9

26mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 16 (a)The structure of the T-shapemicrostrip feedline without the right hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shapemicrostripfeedline without the right hand

26mm 4167mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus25

minus15

5

minus5

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 17 (a) The structure of the antenna with the length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters withthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm

monopole antenna and T-shaped microstrip monopole feed-line antenna contributes to the good isolation characteristicsin this proposed antenna The proposed MIMO antenna alsohas high gain and efficiency It is a promising candidate tobe integrated in personal digital assistant tablets and otherwireless electronic devices

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interestsregarding the publication of this paper

References

[1] M Rumney LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless Design andMeasurement Challenges JohnWiley amp Sons West Sussex UK2nd edition 2013

[2] H Holma and A Toskala LTE for UMTS Evolution to LTE-Advanced John Wiley amp Sons West Sussex UK 2nd edition2011

[3] E Dahlman S Parkvall and J Skold 4G LTELTE-Advancedfor Mobile Broadband Elsevier Oxford UK 1st edition 2011

[4] A Krewski W L Schroeder and K Solbach ldquoMIMO LTEantenna design for laptops based on theory of characteristic

10 The Scientific World Journal

modesrdquo inProceedings of the 6th EuropeanConference onAnten-nas and Propagation pp 1894ndash1898 Prague Czech Republic2012

[5] W K Lee M-J Park Y-S Chung et al ldquoMultiband LTEMIMO antenna for laptop applicationsrdquo in Proceedings of theIEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagationand USNCURSI National Radio ScienceMeeting (APSURSI rsquo11)pp 1354ndash1356 Spokane Wash USA July 2011

[6] S N Khan and M A Ahmed ldquoPrinted sleeve monopoleantennardquo in Ultra Wideband Communications Novel TrendsmdashAntennas and Propagation M Matin Ed pp 215ndash230 InTechRijeka Croatia 2011

[7] H Ebrahimian and M Ojaroudi ldquoDesign of a novel ultra-wideband printedmonopole antenna for use in a circular cylin-drival microwave imaging systemrdquo in Proceedings of the 6thInternational Workshop on Biological Effects of ElectromagneticFields Kefaluka Resort Bodrum Turkey 2010

[8] H K Yoon J A Park Y Lim Y J Yoon and C-H Lee ldquoMini-aturization of a ultra wide band antennardquo in Proceedings of theProgress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS rsquo10)pp 204ndash207 Cambridge Mass USA July 2010

[9] H J Jiang Y C Kao and K L Wong ldquoHigh-isolation WLANMIMO laptop computer antenna arrayrdquo in Proceedings of theAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings (AMPC rsquo12) pp319ndash321 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2012

[10] K K Nguyen N D Dang T V Hoang and N C Dao ldquoA noveldesign of dual-feed single-element antenna for 4GMIMOterm-inalsrdquo inProceedings of the Progress in Electromagnetics ResearchSymposium pp 1827ndash1831 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2012

[11] S-L Zuo Y-Z Yin W-J Wu Z-Y Zhang and J Ma ldquoInves-tigations of reduction of mutual coupling between two planarmonopoles using two 1205824 slotsrdquo Progress In ElectromagneticsResearch Letters vol 19 pp 9ndash18 2010

[12] J Wen H Tao and L Chao ldquoDual-band coupling elementbased antennas with high port isolationrdquo Progress in Electro-magnetics Research Letters vol 37 pp 91ndash99 2013

[13] T-W Kang K-L Wong and M-F Tu ldquoInternal handsetantenna array for LTEWWAN and LTE MIMO operationsrdquoin Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas andPropagation (EUCAP rsquo11) pp 557ndash560 Rome Italy April 2011

[14] S Zhang A A Glazunov Z Ying and S He ldquoReduction of theenvelope correlation coefficient with improved total efficiencyfor mobile LTE MIMO antenna arrays mutual scatteringmoderdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol 61no 6 pp 3280ndash33291 2013

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

VLSI Design

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

International Journal of

RotatingMachinery

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Journal ofEngineeringVolume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Shock and Vibration

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Mechanical Engineering

Advances in

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

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Distributed Sensor Networks

International Journal of

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

Active and Passive Electronic Components

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Antennas andPropagation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Navigation and Observation

International Journal of

The Scientific World Journal 5

180

270 90

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

E120579E120601

(a)

180

270 90

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

E120579E120601

(b)

Figure 5 Simulated radiation patterns at 1800MHz for T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only (a) E-plane and (b) H-plane

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 6 (a) Simulated 119878 parameters of the proposed MIMO antenna (b) Measured 119878 parameters of the proposed MIMO antenna

increases In order to operate at LTE 1800 the most suitabledistance between Port 1 and Port 2 is 113mm

Figure 14 shows the simulated 119878 parameters graph forthe printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only The 119878parameters (119878

11) for the printed monopolersquos length of 10mm

30mm and 50mm are shown in Figure 14 It is found thatthe length of the printed monopole controls the resonanceof the antenna When the length of the printed monopoleis 10mm the resonance of the antenna is at 2374MHz

At the length of 50mm two resonance frequencies canbe observed at 1464MHz and 2558MHz However theseresonance frequencies cannot operate at LTE 1800Hence thelength of the printedmonopole is chosen to be 30mmA largebandwidth of 255MHz is formed by four resonances obtainedfrom 1680MHz to 3750MHz

Figures 15 and 16 show the effects of different shapes of themicrostrip feedline In Figure 15(a) the T-shape microstripfeedline without the left hand is shown Figure 15(b) shows

6 The Scientific World Journal

1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000Frequency (MHz)

Retu

rn lo

ss (d

B)minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Figure 7 Measured return loss with printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

Retu

rn lo

ss (d

B)

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Figure 8 Measured return loss with T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only

0001002003004005006007008009

01

1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900Frequency (GHz)

0073

0004

Enve

lope

corr

elat

ion

coeffi

cien

t 120588e

Figure 9 Envelope correlation coefficient 120588119890of the proposed MIMO antenna

0

05

1

15

2

25

17 172 174 176 178 18 182 184 186 188 19Frequency (MHz)

Gai

n (d

Bi)

197 218191

Figure 10 Simulated gain of the proposed MIMO antenna

The Scientific World Journal 7

0

50

100

1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900Frequency (MHz)

Tota

l effi

cien

cy (

) 7440 76627060

Figure 11 Simulated total efficiency of the proposed MIMO antenna

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(a)

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(b)

Figure 12 (a) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 1 antenna (b) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 2 antenna

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

Frequency (MHz)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 13 (a) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 103mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 123mm

8 The Scientific World Journal

1400 1700 2000 2300 2600 2900 3200 3500 3800Frequency (MHz)

minus40

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

S(1 1) (10mm)S(1 1) (50mm)S(1 1) (30mm)

Figure 14 Simulated 119878 parameters with the printed monopolersquos length of 10mm 30mm and 50mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 15 (a)The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedline without the left hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shape microstripfeedline without the left hand

that there is no resonance frequency for 11987822

in the LTE1800 range The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedlinewithout the right hand is shown in Figure 16(a) Similarly wecan see that there is also no resonance frequency for 119878

22in

the LTE 1800 range in Figure 13(b) The T-shape is crucialto excite the microstrip feedline The T-shape microstripfeedline antenna has resonance frequency of 1800MHz withgood return loss for 119878

22at 2169 dB as shown in Figure 6(b)

Figure 17(a) shows the structure of the antenna whenthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline equals quarterwavelength (4167mm) In Figure 17(b) the simulated resultfor the length of T-shape microstrip feedline that equalsquarter wavelength is shown It can be observed that when

the length of the microstrip feedline is equal to quarterwavelength the resonance frequency is at 1480MHz and thereturn loss is 664 dB The length of the T-shape microstripfeedline is fine-tuned so that it can operate at LTE 1800 It isfound that when the length of themicrostrip feedline is 816of the quarter wavelength (34mm) the T-shape microstripfeedline antenna can operate at LTE 1800 The simulatedresults are shown in Figure 6(a)

4 Conclusion

A MIMO antenna that can operate in LTE 1800 is presentedin this paper The combination of printed double-L sleeve

The Scientific World Journal 9

26mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 16 (a)The structure of the T-shapemicrostrip feedline without the right hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shapemicrostripfeedline without the right hand

26mm 4167mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus25

minus15

5

minus5

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 17 (a) The structure of the antenna with the length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters withthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm

monopole antenna and T-shaped microstrip monopole feed-line antenna contributes to the good isolation characteristicsin this proposed antenna The proposed MIMO antenna alsohas high gain and efficiency It is a promising candidate tobe integrated in personal digital assistant tablets and otherwireless electronic devices

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interestsregarding the publication of this paper

References

[1] M Rumney LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless Design andMeasurement Challenges JohnWiley amp Sons West Sussex UK2nd edition 2013

[2] H Holma and A Toskala LTE for UMTS Evolution to LTE-Advanced John Wiley amp Sons West Sussex UK 2nd edition2011

[3] E Dahlman S Parkvall and J Skold 4G LTELTE-Advancedfor Mobile Broadband Elsevier Oxford UK 1st edition 2011

[4] A Krewski W L Schroeder and K Solbach ldquoMIMO LTEantenna design for laptops based on theory of characteristic

10 The Scientific World Journal

modesrdquo inProceedings of the 6th EuropeanConference onAnten-nas and Propagation pp 1894ndash1898 Prague Czech Republic2012

[5] W K Lee M-J Park Y-S Chung et al ldquoMultiband LTEMIMO antenna for laptop applicationsrdquo in Proceedings of theIEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagationand USNCURSI National Radio ScienceMeeting (APSURSI rsquo11)pp 1354ndash1356 Spokane Wash USA July 2011

[6] S N Khan and M A Ahmed ldquoPrinted sleeve monopoleantennardquo in Ultra Wideband Communications Novel TrendsmdashAntennas and Propagation M Matin Ed pp 215ndash230 InTechRijeka Croatia 2011

[7] H Ebrahimian and M Ojaroudi ldquoDesign of a novel ultra-wideband printedmonopole antenna for use in a circular cylin-drival microwave imaging systemrdquo in Proceedings of the 6thInternational Workshop on Biological Effects of ElectromagneticFields Kefaluka Resort Bodrum Turkey 2010

[8] H K Yoon J A Park Y Lim Y J Yoon and C-H Lee ldquoMini-aturization of a ultra wide band antennardquo in Proceedings of theProgress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS rsquo10)pp 204ndash207 Cambridge Mass USA July 2010

[9] H J Jiang Y C Kao and K L Wong ldquoHigh-isolation WLANMIMO laptop computer antenna arrayrdquo in Proceedings of theAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings (AMPC rsquo12) pp319ndash321 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2012

[10] K K Nguyen N D Dang T V Hoang and N C Dao ldquoA noveldesign of dual-feed single-element antenna for 4GMIMOterm-inalsrdquo inProceedings of the Progress in Electromagnetics ResearchSymposium pp 1827ndash1831 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2012

[11] S-L Zuo Y-Z Yin W-J Wu Z-Y Zhang and J Ma ldquoInves-tigations of reduction of mutual coupling between two planarmonopoles using two 1205824 slotsrdquo Progress In ElectromagneticsResearch Letters vol 19 pp 9ndash18 2010

[12] J Wen H Tao and L Chao ldquoDual-band coupling elementbased antennas with high port isolationrdquo Progress in Electro-magnetics Research Letters vol 37 pp 91ndash99 2013

[13] T-W Kang K-L Wong and M-F Tu ldquoInternal handsetantenna array for LTEWWAN and LTE MIMO operationsrdquoin Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas andPropagation (EUCAP rsquo11) pp 557ndash560 Rome Italy April 2011

[14] S Zhang A A Glazunov Z Ying and S He ldquoReduction of theenvelope correlation coefficient with improved total efficiencyfor mobile LTE MIMO antenna arrays mutual scatteringmoderdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol 61no 6 pp 3280ndash33291 2013

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

VLSI Design

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

International Journal of

RotatingMachinery

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Journal ofEngineeringVolume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Shock and Vibration

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Mechanical Engineering

Advances in

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

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Distributed Sensor Networks

International Journal of

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

Active and Passive Electronic Components

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Antennas andPropagation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Navigation and Observation

International Journal of

6 The Scientific World Journal

1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000Frequency (MHz)

Retu

rn lo

ss (d

B)minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Figure 7 Measured return loss with printed double-L sleeve monopole antenna only

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

Retu

rn lo

ss (d

B)

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

Figure 8 Measured return loss with T-shaped microstrip feedline antenna only

0001002003004005006007008009

01

1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900Frequency (GHz)

0073

0004

Enve

lope

corr

elat

ion

coeffi

cien

t 120588e

Figure 9 Envelope correlation coefficient 120588119890of the proposed MIMO antenna

0

05

1

15

2

25

17 172 174 176 178 18 182 184 186 188 19Frequency (MHz)

Gai

n (d

Bi)

197 218191

Figure 10 Simulated gain of the proposed MIMO antenna

The Scientific World Journal 7

0

50

100

1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900Frequency (MHz)

Tota

l effi

cien

cy (

) 7440 76627060

Figure 11 Simulated total efficiency of the proposed MIMO antenna

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(a)

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(b)

Figure 12 (a) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 1 antenna (b) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 2 antenna

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

Frequency (MHz)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 13 (a) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 103mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 123mm

8 The Scientific World Journal

1400 1700 2000 2300 2600 2900 3200 3500 3800Frequency (MHz)

minus40

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

S(1 1) (10mm)S(1 1) (50mm)S(1 1) (30mm)

Figure 14 Simulated 119878 parameters with the printed monopolersquos length of 10mm 30mm and 50mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 15 (a)The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedline without the left hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shape microstripfeedline without the left hand

that there is no resonance frequency for 11987822

in the LTE1800 range The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedlinewithout the right hand is shown in Figure 16(a) Similarly wecan see that there is also no resonance frequency for 119878

22in

the LTE 1800 range in Figure 13(b) The T-shape is crucialto excite the microstrip feedline The T-shape microstripfeedline antenna has resonance frequency of 1800MHz withgood return loss for 119878

22at 2169 dB as shown in Figure 6(b)

Figure 17(a) shows the structure of the antenna whenthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline equals quarterwavelength (4167mm) In Figure 17(b) the simulated resultfor the length of T-shape microstrip feedline that equalsquarter wavelength is shown It can be observed that when

the length of the microstrip feedline is equal to quarterwavelength the resonance frequency is at 1480MHz and thereturn loss is 664 dB The length of the T-shape microstripfeedline is fine-tuned so that it can operate at LTE 1800 It isfound that when the length of themicrostrip feedline is 816of the quarter wavelength (34mm) the T-shape microstripfeedline antenna can operate at LTE 1800 The simulatedresults are shown in Figure 6(a)

4 Conclusion

A MIMO antenna that can operate in LTE 1800 is presentedin this paper The combination of printed double-L sleeve

The Scientific World Journal 9

26mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 16 (a)The structure of the T-shapemicrostrip feedline without the right hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shapemicrostripfeedline without the right hand

26mm 4167mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus25

minus15

5

minus5

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 17 (a) The structure of the antenna with the length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters withthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm

monopole antenna and T-shaped microstrip monopole feed-line antenna contributes to the good isolation characteristicsin this proposed antenna The proposed MIMO antenna alsohas high gain and efficiency It is a promising candidate tobe integrated in personal digital assistant tablets and otherwireless electronic devices

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interestsregarding the publication of this paper

References

[1] M Rumney LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless Design andMeasurement Challenges JohnWiley amp Sons West Sussex UK2nd edition 2013

[2] H Holma and A Toskala LTE for UMTS Evolution to LTE-Advanced John Wiley amp Sons West Sussex UK 2nd edition2011

[3] E Dahlman S Parkvall and J Skold 4G LTELTE-Advancedfor Mobile Broadband Elsevier Oxford UK 1st edition 2011

[4] A Krewski W L Schroeder and K Solbach ldquoMIMO LTEantenna design for laptops based on theory of characteristic

10 The Scientific World Journal

modesrdquo inProceedings of the 6th EuropeanConference onAnten-nas and Propagation pp 1894ndash1898 Prague Czech Republic2012

[5] W K Lee M-J Park Y-S Chung et al ldquoMultiband LTEMIMO antenna for laptop applicationsrdquo in Proceedings of theIEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagationand USNCURSI National Radio ScienceMeeting (APSURSI rsquo11)pp 1354ndash1356 Spokane Wash USA July 2011

[6] S N Khan and M A Ahmed ldquoPrinted sleeve monopoleantennardquo in Ultra Wideband Communications Novel TrendsmdashAntennas and Propagation M Matin Ed pp 215ndash230 InTechRijeka Croatia 2011

[7] H Ebrahimian and M Ojaroudi ldquoDesign of a novel ultra-wideband printedmonopole antenna for use in a circular cylin-drival microwave imaging systemrdquo in Proceedings of the 6thInternational Workshop on Biological Effects of ElectromagneticFields Kefaluka Resort Bodrum Turkey 2010

[8] H K Yoon J A Park Y Lim Y J Yoon and C-H Lee ldquoMini-aturization of a ultra wide band antennardquo in Proceedings of theProgress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS rsquo10)pp 204ndash207 Cambridge Mass USA July 2010

[9] H J Jiang Y C Kao and K L Wong ldquoHigh-isolation WLANMIMO laptop computer antenna arrayrdquo in Proceedings of theAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings (AMPC rsquo12) pp319ndash321 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2012

[10] K K Nguyen N D Dang T V Hoang and N C Dao ldquoA noveldesign of dual-feed single-element antenna for 4GMIMOterm-inalsrdquo inProceedings of the Progress in Electromagnetics ResearchSymposium pp 1827ndash1831 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2012

[11] S-L Zuo Y-Z Yin W-J Wu Z-Y Zhang and J Ma ldquoInves-tigations of reduction of mutual coupling between two planarmonopoles using two 1205824 slotsrdquo Progress In ElectromagneticsResearch Letters vol 19 pp 9ndash18 2010

[12] J Wen H Tao and L Chao ldquoDual-band coupling elementbased antennas with high port isolationrdquo Progress in Electro-magnetics Research Letters vol 37 pp 91ndash99 2013

[13] T-W Kang K-L Wong and M-F Tu ldquoInternal handsetantenna array for LTEWWAN and LTE MIMO operationsrdquoin Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas andPropagation (EUCAP rsquo11) pp 557ndash560 Rome Italy April 2011

[14] S Zhang A A Glazunov Z Ying and S He ldquoReduction of theenvelope correlation coefficient with improved total efficiencyfor mobile LTE MIMO antenna arrays mutual scatteringmoderdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol 61no 6 pp 3280ndash33291 2013

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

VLSI Design

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

International Journal of

RotatingMachinery

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Journal ofEngineeringVolume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Shock and Vibration

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Mechanical Engineering

Advances in

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

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Distributed Sensor Networks

International Journal of

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

Active and Passive Electronic Components

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Antennas andPropagation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Navigation and Observation

International Journal of

The Scientific World Journal 7

0

50

100

1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900Frequency (MHz)

Tota

l effi

cien

cy (

) 7440 76627060

Figure 11 Simulated total efficiency of the proposed MIMO antenna

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(a)

90

180

270

0

minus10

minus20

minus30

minus40

x-y planex-z plane

(b)

Figure 12 (a) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 1 antenna (b) Measured radiation patterns at 1800MHz for Port 2 antenna

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

Frequency (MHz)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 13 (a) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 103mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with 119889 = 123mm

8 The Scientific World Journal

1400 1700 2000 2300 2600 2900 3200 3500 3800Frequency (MHz)

minus40

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

S(1 1) (10mm)S(1 1) (50mm)S(1 1) (30mm)

Figure 14 Simulated 119878 parameters with the printed monopolersquos length of 10mm 30mm and 50mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 15 (a)The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedline without the left hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shape microstripfeedline without the left hand

that there is no resonance frequency for 11987822

in the LTE1800 range The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedlinewithout the right hand is shown in Figure 16(a) Similarly wecan see that there is also no resonance frequency for 119878

22in

the LTE 1800 range in Figure 13(b) The T-shape is crucialto excite the microstrip feedline The T-shape microstripfeedline antenna has resonance frequency of 1800MHz withgood return loss for 119878

22at 2169 dB as shown in Figure 6(b)

Figure 17(a) shows the structure of the antenna whenthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline equals quarterwavelength (4167mm) In Figure 17(b) the simulated resultfor the length of T-shape microstrip feedline that equalsquarter wavelength is shown It can be observed that when

the length of the microstrip feedline is equal to quarterwavelength the resonance frequency is at 1480MHz and thereturn loss is 664 dB The length of the T-shape microstripfeedline is fine-tuned so that it can operate at LTE 1800 It isfound that when the length of themicrostrip feedline is 816of the quarter wavelength (34mm) the T-shape microstripfeedline antenna can operate at LTE 1800 The simulatedresults are shown in Figure 6(a)

4 Conclusion

A MIMO antenna that can operate in LTE 1800 is presentedin this paper The combination of printed double-L sleeve

The Scientific World Journal 9

26mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 16 (a)The structure of the T-shapemicrostrip feedline without the right hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shapemicrostripfeedline without the right hand

26mm 4167mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus25

minus15

5

minus5

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 17 (a) The structure of the antenna with the length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters withthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm

monopole antenna and T-shaped microstrip monopole feed-line antenna contributes to the good isolation characteristicsin this proposed antenna The proposed MIMO antenna alsohas high gain and efficiency It is a promising candidate tobe integrated in personal digital assistant tablets and otherwireless electronic devices

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interestsregarding the publication of this paper

References

[1] M Rumney LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless Design andMeasurement Challenges JohnWiley amp Sons West Sussex UK2nd edition 2013

[2] H Holma and A Toskala LTE for UMTS Evolution to LTE-Advanced John Wiley amp Sons West Sussex UK 2nd edition2011

[3] E Dahlman S Parkvall and J Skold 4G LTELTE-Advancedfor Mobile Broadband Elsevier Oxford UK 1st edition 2011

[4] A Krewski W L Schroeder and K Solbach ldquoMIMO LTEantenna design for laptops based on theory of characteristic

10 The Scientific World Journal

modesrdquo inProceedings of the 6th EuropeanConference onAnten-nas and Propagation pp 1894ndash1898 Prague Czech Republic2012

[5] W K Lee M-J Park Y-S Chung et al ldquoMultiband LTEMIMO antenna for laptop applicationsrdquo in Proceedings of theIEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagationand USNCURSI National Radio ScienceMeeting (APSURSI rsquo11)pp 1354ndash1356 Spokane Wash USA July 2011

[6] S N Khan and M A Ahmed ldquoPrinted sleeve monopoleantennardquo in Ultra Wideband Communications Novel TrendsmdashAntennas and Propagation M Matin Ed pp 215ndash230 InTechRijeka Croatia 2011

[7] H Ebrahimian and M Ojaroudi ldquoDesign of a novel ultra-wideband printedmonopole antenna for use in a circular cylin-drival microwave imaging systemrdquo in Proceedings of the 6thInternational Workshop on Biological Effects of ElectromagneticFields Kefaluka Resort Bodrum Turkey 2010

[8] H K Yoon J A Park Y Lim Y J Yoon and C-H Lee ldquoMini-aturization of a ultra wide band antennardquo in Proceedings of theProgress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS rsquo10)pp 204ndash207 Cambridge Mass USA July 2010

[9] H J Jiang Y C Kao and K L Wong ldquoHigh-isolation WLANMIMO laptop computer antenna arrayrdquo in Proceedings of theAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings (AMPC rsquo12) pp319ndash321 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2012

[10] K K Nguyen N D Dang T V Hoang and N C Dao ldquoA noveldesign of dual-feed single-element antenna for 4GMIMOterm-inalsrdquo inProceedings of the Progress in Electromagnetics ResearchSymposium pp 1827ndash1831 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2012

[11] S-L Zuo Y-Z Yin W-J Wu Z-Y Zhang and J Ma ldquoInves-tigations of reduction of mutual coupling between two planarmonopoles using two 1205824 slotsrdquo Progress In ElectromagneticsResearch Letters vol 19 pp 9ndash18 2010

[12] J Wen H Tao and L Chao ldquoDual-band coupling elementbased antennas with high port isolationrdquo Progress in Electro-magnetics Research Letters vol 37 pp 91ndash99 2013

[13] T-W Kang K-L Wong and M-F Tu ldquoInternal handsetantenna array for LTEWWAN and LTE MIMO operationsrdquoin Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas andPropagation (EUCAP rsquo11) pp 557ndash560 Rome Italy April 2011

[14] S Zhang A A Glazunov Z Ying and S He ldquoReduction of theenvelope correlation coefficient with improved total efficiencyfor mobile LTE MIMO antenna arrays mutual scatteringmoderdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol 61no 6 pp 3280ndash33291 2013

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

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Distributed Sensor Networks

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SensorsJournal of

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Modelling amp Simulation in EngineeringHindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

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Active and Passive Electronic Components

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of

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Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

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Antennas andPropagation

International Journal of

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Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Navigation and Observation

International Journal of

8 The Scientific World Journal

1400 1700 2000 2300 2600 2900 3200 3500 3800Frequency (MHz)

minus40

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

S(1 1) (10mm)S(1 1) (50mm)S(1 1) (30mm)

Figure 14 Simulated 119878 parameters with the printed monopolersquos length of 10mm 30mm and 50mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 15 (a)The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedline without the left hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shape microstripfeedline without the left hand

that there is no resonance frequency for 11987822

in the LTE1800 range The structure of the T-shape microstrip feedlinewithout the right hand is shown in Figure 16(a) Similarly wecan see that there is also no resonance frequency for 119878

22in

the LTE 1800 range in Figure 13(b) The T-shape is crucialto excite the microstrip feedline The T-shape microstripfeedline antenna has resonance frequency of 1800MHz withgood return loss for 119878

22at 2169 dB as shown in Figure 6(b)

Figure 17(a) shows the structure of the antenna whenthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline equals quarterwavelength (4167mm) In Figure 17(b) the simulated resultfor the length of T-shape microstrip feedline that equalsquarter wavelength is shown It can be observed that when

the length of the microstrip feedline is equal to quarterwavelength the resonance frequency is at 1480MHz and thereturn loss is 664 dB The length of the T-shape microstripfeedline is fine-tuned so that it can operate at LTE 1800 It isfound that when the length of themicrostrip feedline is 816of the quarter wavelength (34mm) the T-shape microstripfeedline antenna can operate at LTE 1800 The simulatedresults are shown in Figure 6(a)

4 Conclusion

A MIMO antenna that can operate in LTE 1800 is presentedin this paper The combination of printed double-L sleeve

The Scientific World Journal 9

26mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 16 (a)The structure of the T-shapemicrostrip feedline without the right hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shapemicrostripfeedline without the right hand

26mm 4167mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus25

minus15

5

minus5

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 17 (a) The structure of the antenna with the length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters withthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm

monopole antenna and T-shaped microstrip monopole feed-line antenna contributes to the good isolation characteristicsin this proposed antenna The proposed MIMO antenna alsohas high gain and efficiency It is a promising candidate tobe integrated in personal digital assistant tablets and otherwireless electronic devices

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interestsregarding the publication of this paper

References

[1] M Rumney LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless Design andMeasurement Challenges JohnWiley amp Sons West Sussex UK2nd edition 2013

[2] H Holma and A Toskala LTE for UMTS Evolution to LTE-Advanced John Wiley amp Sons West Sussex UK 2nd edition2011

[3] E Dahlman S Parkvall and J Skold 4G LTELTE-Advancedfor Mobile Broadband Elsevier Oxford UK 1st edition 2011

[4] A Krewski W L Schroeder and K Solbach ldquoMIMO LTEantenna design for laptops based on theory of characteristic

10 The Scientific World Journal

modesrdquo inProceedings of the 6th EuropeanConference onAnten-nas and Propagation pp 1894ndash1898 Prague Czech Republic2012

[5] W K Lee M-J Park Y-S Chung et al ldquoMultiband LTEMIMO antenna for laptop applicationsrdquo in Proceedings of theIEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagationand USNCURSI National Radio ScienceMeeting (APSURSI rsquo11)pp 1354ndash1356 Spokane Wash USA July 2011

[6] S N Khan and M A Ahmed ldquoPrinted sleeve monopoleantennardquo in Ultra Wideband Communications Novel TrendsmdashAntennas and Propagation M Matin Ed pp 215ndash230 InTechRijeka Croatia 2011

[7] H Ebrahimian and M Ojaroudi ldquoDesign of a novel ultra-wideband printedmonopole antenna for use in a circular cylin-drival microwave imaging systemrdquo in Proceedings of the 6thInternational Workshop on Biological Effects of ElectromagneticFields Kefaluka Resort Bodrum Turkey 2010

[8] H K Yoon J A Park Y Lim Y J Yoon and C-H Lee ldquoMini-aturization of a ultra wide band antennardquo in Proceedings of theProgress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS rsquo10)pp 204ndash207 Cambridge Mass USA July 2010

[9] H J Jiang Y C Kao and K L Wong ldquoHigh-isolation WLANMIMO laptop computer antenna arrayrdquo in Proceedings of theAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings (AMPC rsquo12) pp319ndash321 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2012

[10] K K Nguyen N D Dang T V Hoang and N C Dao ldquoA noveldesign of dual-feed single-element antenna for 4GMIMOterm-inalsrdquo inProceedings of the Progress in Electromagnetics ResearchSymposium pp 1827ndash1831 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2012

[11] S-L Zuo Y-Z Yin W-J Wu Z-Y Zhang and J Ma ldquoInves-tigations of reduction of mutual coupling between two planarmonopoles using two 1205824 slotsrdquo Progress In ElectromagneticsResearch Letters vol 19 pp 9ndash18 2010

[12] J Wen H Tao and L Chao ldquoDual-band coupling elementbased antennas with high port isolationrdquo Progress in Electro-magnetics Research Letters vol 37 pp 91ndash99 2013

[13] T-W Kang K-L Wong and M-F Tu ldquoInternal handsetantenna array for LTEWWAN and LTE MIMO operationsrdquoin Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas andPropagation (EUCAP rsquo11) pp 557ndash560 Rome Italy April 2011

[14] S Zhang A A Glazunov Z Ying and S He ldquoReduction of theenvelope correlation coefficient with improved total efficiencyfor mobile LTE MIMO antenna arrays mutual scatteringmoderdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol 61no 6 pp 3280ndash33291 2013

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

VLSI Design

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

International Journal of

RotatingMachinery

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Journal ofEngineeringVolume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Shock and Vibration

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Mechanical Engineering

Advances in

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

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Distributed Sensor Networks

International Journal of

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

Active and Passive Electronic Components

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Antennas andPropagation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Navigation and Observation

International Journal of

The Scientific World Journal 9

26mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus30

minus25

minus20

minus15

minus10

minus5

0

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 16 (a)The structure of the T-shapemicrostrip feedline without the right hand (b) Simulated 119878 parameters with the T-shapemicrostripfeedline without the right hand

26mm 4167mm

20mm

4mm

47mm

126mm 3mm

2mm

x axis

21mm

dPort 2 Port 1

yax

is

80mm30mm

2mm

(a)

1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100Frequency (MHz)

S pa

ram

eter

s (dB

)

minus35

minus25

minus15

5

minus5

S(1 1)S(1 2)S(2 2)

(b)

Figure 17 (a) The structure of the antenna with the length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm (b) Simulated 119878 parameters withthe length of T-shape microstrip feedline being 4167mm

monopole antenna and T-shaped microstrip monopole feed-line antenna contributes to the good isolation characteristicsin this proposed antenna The proposed MIMO antenna alsohas high gain and efficiency It is a promising candidate tobe integrated in personal digital assistant tablets and otherwireless electronic devices

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interestsregarding the publication of this paper

References

[1] M Rumney LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless Design andMeasurement Challenges JohnWiley amp Sons West Sussex UK2nd edition 2013

[2] H Holma and A Toskala LTE for UMTS Evolution to LTE-Advanced John Wiley amp Sons West Sussex UK 2nd edition2011

[3] E Dahlman S Parkvall and J Skold 4G LTELTE-Advancedfor Mobile Broadband Elsevier Oxford UK 1st edition 2011

[4] A Krewski W L Schroeder and K Solbach ldquoMIMO LTEantenna design for laptops based on theory of characteristic

10 The Scientific World Journal

modesrdquo inProceedings of the 6th EuropeanConference onAnten-nas and Propagation pp 1894ndash1898 Prague Czech Republic2012

[5] W K Lee M-J Park Y-S Chung et al ldquoMultiband LTEMIMO antenna for laptop applicationsrdquo in Proceedings of theIEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagationand USNCURSI National Radio ScienceMeeting (APSURSI rsquo11)pp 1354ndash1356 Spokane Wash USA July 2011

[6] S N Khan and M A Ahmed ldquoPrinted sleeve monopoleantennardquo in Ultra Wideband Communications Novel TrendsmdashAntennas and Propagation M Matin Ed pp 215ndash230 InTechRijeka Croatia 2011

[7] H Ebrahimian and M Ojaroudi ldquoDesign of a novel ultra-wideband printedmonopole antenna for use in a circular cylin-drival microwave imaging systemrdquo in Proceedings of the 6thInternational Workshop on Biological Effects of ElectromagneticFields Kefaluka Resort Bodrum Turkey 2010

[8] H K Yoon J A Park Y Lim Y J Yoon and C-H Lee ldquoMini-aturization of a ultra wide band antennardquo in Proceedings of theProgress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS rsquo10)pp 204ndash207 Cambridge Mass USA July 2010

[9] H J Jiang Y C Kao and K L Wong ldquoHigh-isolation WLANMIMO laptop computer antenna arrayrdquo in Proceedings of theAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings (AMPC rsquo12) pp319ndash321 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2012

[10] K K Nguyen N D Dang T V Hoang and N C Dao ldquoA noveldesign of dual-feed single-element antenna for 4GMIMOterm-inalsrdquo inProceedings of the Progress in Electromagnetics ResearchSymposium pp 1827ndash1831 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2012

[11] S-L Zuo Y-Z Yin W-J Wu Z-Y Zhang and J Ma ldquoInves-tigations of reduction of mutual coupling between two planarmonopoles using two 1205824 slotsrdquo Progress In ElectromagneticsResearch Letters vol 19 pp 9ndash18 2010

[12] J Wen H Tao and L Chao ldquoDual-band coupling elementbased antennas with high port isolationrdquo Progress in Electro-magnetics Research Letters vol 37 pp 91ndash99 2013

[13] T-W Kang K-L Wong and M-F Tu ldquoInternal handsetantenna array for LTEWWAN and LTE MIMO operationsrdquoin Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas andPropagation (EUCAP rsquo11) pp 557ndash560 Rome Italy April 2011

[14] S Zhang A A Glazunov Z Ying and S He ldquoReduction of theenvelope correlation coefficient with improved total efficiencyfor mobile LTE MIMO antenna arrays mutual scatteringmoderdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol 61no 6 pp 3280ndash33291 2013

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

VLSI Design

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

International Journal of

RotatingMachinery

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Journal ofEngineeringVolume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Shock and Vibration

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Mechanical Engineering

Advances in

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

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Distributed Sensor Networks

International Journal of

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

Active and Passive Electronic Components

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Antennas andPropagation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Navigation and Observation

International Journal of

10 The Scientific World Journal

modesrdquo inProceedings of the 6th EuropeanConference onAnten-nas and Propagation pp 1894ndash1898 Prague Czech Republic2012

[5] W K Lee M-J Park Y-S Chung et al ldquoMultiband LTEMIMO antenna for laptop applicationsrdquo in Proceedings of theIEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagationand USNCURSI National Radio ScienceMeeting (APSURSI rsquo11)pp 1354ndash1356 Spokane Wash USA July 2011

[6] S N Khan and M A Ahmed ldquoPrinted sleeve monopoleantennardquo in Ultra Wideband Communications Novel TrendsmdashAntennas and Propagation M Matin Ed pp 215ndash230 InTechRijeka Croatia 2011

[7] H Ebrahimian and M Ojaroudi ldquoDesign of a novel ultra-wideband printedmonopole antenna for use in a circular cylin-drival microwave imaging systemrdquo in Proceedings of the 6thInternational Workshop on Biological Effects of ElectromagneticFields Kefaluka Resort Bodrum Turkey 2010

[8] H K Yoon J A Park Y Lim Y J Yoon and C-H Lee ldquoMini-aturization of a ultra wide band antennardquo in Proceedings of theProgress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS rsquo10)pp 204ndash207 Cambridge Mass USA July 2010

[9] H J Jiang Y C Kao and K L Wong ldquoHigh-isolation WLANMIMO laptop computer antenna arrayrdquo in Proceedings of theAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings (AMPC rsquo12) pp319ndash321 Kaohsiung Taiwan 2012

[10] K K Nguyen N D Dang T V Hoang and N C Dao ldquoA noveldesign of dual-feed single-element antenna for 4GMIMOterm-inalsrdquo inProceedings of the Progress in Electromagnetics ResearchSymposium pp 1827ndash1831 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2012

[11] S-L Zuo Y-Z Yin W-J Wu Z-Y Zhang and J Ma ldquoInves-tigations of reduction of mutual coupling between two planarmonopoles using two 1205824 slotsrdquo Progress In ElectromagneticsResearch Letters vol 19 pp 9ndash18 2010

[12] J Wen H Tao and L Chao ldquoDual-band coupling elementbased antennas with high port isolationrdquo Progress in Electro-magnetics Research Letters vol 37 pp 91ndash99 2013

[13] T-W Kang K-L Wong and M-F Tu ldquoInternal handsetantenna array for LTEWWAN and LTE MIMO operationsrdquoin Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas andPropagation (EUCAP rsquo11) pp 557ndash560 Rome Italy April 2011

[14] S Zhang A A Glazunov Z Ying and S He ldquoReduction of theenvelope correlation coefficient with improved total efficiencyfor mobile LTE MIMO antenna arrays mutual scatteringmoderdquo IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation vol 61no 6 pp 3280ndash33291 2013

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

VLSI Design

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

International Journal of

RotatingMachinery

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Journal ofEngineeringVolume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Shock and Vibration

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Mechanical Engineering

Advances in

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

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Distributed Sensor Networks

International Journal of

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

Active and Passive Electronic Components

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Antennas andPropagation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Navigation and Observation

International Journal of

Submit your manuscripts athttpwwwhindawicom

VLSI Design

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

International Journal of

RotatingMachinery

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Journal ofEngineeringVolume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Shock and Vibration

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Mechanical Engineering

Advances in

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

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Distributed Sensor Networks

International Journal of

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

Active and Passive Electronic Components

Advances inOptoElectronics

Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom

Volume 2014

RoboticsJournal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Chemical EngineeringInternational Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Control Scienceand Engineering

Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Antennas andPropagation

International Journal of

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Hindawi Publishing Corporationhttpwwwhindawicom Volume 2014

Navigation and Observation

International Journal of