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Design of ESPAR Antenna using Patch Antenna and Performance Analysis of MIMO Communications

패치안테나를 이용한 ESPAR 안테나 설계와 MIMO 통신 성능 분석

  • Keum, Hong-Sik (ElectroMagnetic wave Technology Institute, RAPA) ;
  • An, Changyoung (Department of electronic engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Ryu, Heung-Gyoon (Department of electronic engineering, Chungbuk National University)
  • Received : 2014.08.18
  • Accepted : 2014.09.17
  • Published : 2014.10.31
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose beamsapce MIMO(mulitple input multiple output) system using patch ESPAR(Electronically Steerable Parasitic Array Radiator) antenna. When using conventional monopole ESPAR antenna, we have advantages cost of hardware and power consumption of RF cirsuit because of single RF chian. But it is difficult to apply to small portable mobile device. Therefore we design patch ESPAR antenna in order to reducing volume and analyze performance of BS MIMO system that is able to MIMO communication with single RF chain. In This paper, we confirm beam pattern of designed patch ESPAR antenna is steered as ${\pm}15^{\circ}$ elevation angle. Furthermore, we design BS MIMO system using this ESPAR antenna and confirm BER performance of this system.

본 논문에서는 패치형 ESPAR(Electronically Steerable Parasitic Array Radiator) 안테나를 이용한 빔 공간 MIMO(beamsapce mulitple input multiple output) 시스템을 제안한다. 기존의 모노폴 ESPAR 안테나의 경우 단일 RF 체인을 갖기 때문에 하드웨어의 비용과 RF회로의 전력 소모를 절감할 수 있는 장점을 가진다. 하지만 공간적 제약이 큰 휴대용 이동기기에 적용하기 문제점이 있다. 따라서 부피를 간소화 시키는 방법으로써 패치형 ESPAR 안테나를 설계하고 단일 RF 체인으로 MIMO 기술이 가능한 빔 공간 MIMO 시스템에서의 성능을 분석한다. 본 논문에서 설계한 패치형 ESPAR 안테나를 통해 빔패턴이 ${\pm}15$도의 앙각의 변화를 가지는 것을 확인하였고, 또한 이 ESPAR 안테나를 사용하여 빔 공간 MIMO 시스템을 구현하고 이 시스템의 BER 성능을 확인하였다.

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