Printed Antennas

5 Pattern and Polarization Diversity in Antennas

Dr. Ashwani Kumar

University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

Prashant Chaudhary

University of Delhi South Campus, Delhi

Contents

5.1     Introduction

5.1.1     Pattern Diversity

5.1.2     Effect of Pattern Diversity on Diversity Gain (DG) and Cross-Envelope Correlation Coefficient (ECC)

5.2     Polarization Diversity

5.2.1     Diversity Gain of Polarization Diversity System

5.2.2     If Two Orthogonal Components are Transmitted

5.2.3     If a Single Linearly Polarized Component Is Transmitted

5.2.4     If a Circularly Polarized Antenna Transmits a Right-Hand Circular Polarization (RHCP) Component

5.2.5     If the Radiated Signal Is Obliquely Polarized

5.3     Massive MIMO Antennas ...