Base station antenna array with calibration structure

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A4 Artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa

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2018-01-01

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en

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5

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12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018)

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The introduction of 5G technologies is pushing research in mobile communications to millimeter waves. However, sub-6 GHz frequency range as a part of the 5G standard provides excellent wave propagation properties and more capacity due to new usable frequency ranges. This paper introduces a design for picocell base station 2x2 antenna array with integrated signal injection network for transceiver calibration. Operation frequency range is from 2 to 6 GHz. The antenna array with calibration board has better than -6.3 dB active reflection coefficient and efficiency higher than -3 dB. Calibration network provides 29 dB coupling.

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Base station, Beamforming, Calibration network, Mobile communications, Sub-6 GHz

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Haarla, J, Lehtovuori, A & Viikari, V 2018, Base station antenna array with calibration structure . in 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018) . Institution of Engineering and Technology, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, London, United Kingdom, 09/04/2018 . https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2018.0368