TY - JOUR JF - IEEE Access A1 - Cheh Lin, I.K. A1 - Jamaluddin, M.H. A1 - Awang, A. A1 - Selvaraju, R. A1 - Dahri, M.H. A1 - Yen, L.C. A1 - Rahim, H.A. UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85078236392&doi=10.1109%2fACCESS.2019.2937987&partnerID=40&md5=c5e079e87b2afba6c786def60f7f850a VL - 7 Y1 - 2019/// N2 - In this paper, a triple band Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna (RDRA) designed using hybrid techniques for Long Term Evolution (LTE) applications is investigated and presented. The proposed MIMO antenna can transmit and receive data independently by covering LTE Band 8 at 0.9 GHz, LTE Band 3 at 1.8 GHz, and LTE Band 40 at 2.3 GHz. Hybrid technique is adopted in this design by combining a meander line antenna with an RDRA to realize multiband operation. Meander line antenna has been proposed over the long vertical microstrip feeding line at 0.9 GHz, to employ a size reduction in the antenna, while two modes of RDRA are applied in this design: TE1? 1y mode at 1.8 GHz and TE2? 1y mode at 2.3 GHz. The proposed MIMO antenna has been fabricated and experimentally tested. The measured impedance bandwidths ( S11 <-10 dB) for the three stated bands are 4.40, 11.36, and 2.54 at Port 1, respectively and 5.47, 10.54, and 3.43 at Port 2, respectively. Measured isolations of-15.3 dB,-17.8 dB, and-47.0 dB are obtained at each described frequency, respectively. The performance of the proposed MIMO antenna is further validated using over-the-air LTE downlink throughput test. Throughputs of 93.16 Mbps, 93.01 Mbps, and 87.30 Mbps have been achieved for 0.9 GHz, 1.8 GHz, and 2.3 GHz, respectively, using 64 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM). In this regard, it is conceived that the proposed MIMO antenna can be a good candidate for LTE applications due to the validated excellent throughput performance. © 2013 IEEE. ID - scholars11961 KW - Dielectric resonators; Electric impedance; Long Term Evolution (LTE); Microwave filters; MIMO systems; Throughput KW - 64-quadrature amplitude modulations; Hybrid techniques; Meander line; Multi-band operations; Rectangular dielectric resonator antennas; Rectangular dielectric resonator antennas (RDRA); rectangular DRA; Throughput performance KW - Microwave antennas EP - 122913 PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. SN - 21693536 N1 - cited By 25 TI - A triple band hybrid MIMO rectangular dielectric resonator antenna for LTE applications SP - 122900 AV - none ER -