Mutual coupling in multi-element array antennas and its influence on MIMO channel capacity
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 39 (4), 342-344
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:20030219
Abstract
The effects of mutual coupling between receive elements in a multi-element antenna on multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system capacity are reported. The results are based upon analysis of mutual coupling calculated for a measured linear array of five printed dipole elements with 0.56 of a wavelength spacing. It is shown that the presence of mutual coupling at the receive array antenna leads to additional correlation between spatial channels and results in a loss of MIMO system capacity.Keywords
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