Compact eight-antenna array in the smartphone for the 3.5-GHz LTE 8 × 8 MIMO operation

• Published in: 2016 IEEE 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation (APCAP) pp. 323 - 324
• Main Authors: Jun-Yu Lu, Kin-Lu Wong, Wei-Yu Li
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Channel capacity; eight-antenna arrays; Long Term Evolution; MIMO; MIMO antennas; Mobile antennas; slot antennas; smartphone antennas

A compact eight-antenna array in the smartphone for the 3.5-GHz band (3400 ~ 3600 MHz) LTE 8 × 8 MIMO operation is presented. The eight-antenna array is formed by two quad-antenna arrays disposed along two long side edges of the system ground plane of the smartphone. The quad-antenna array occupies...